Tagged With "Grocery"

By Jill Cowan, The New York Times, March 18, 2020 As millions of Californians adjust to a surreal, new, locked-down existence — an existence in which Gov. Gavin Newsom said public schools are likely to be closed for the rest of the year — one place has continued to draw crowds : the local supermarket. In the Bay Area, where “shelter in place” orders are keeping residents homebound except for “essential” trips, grocery stores, farmers’ markets and pharmacies are some of the only places people...

By Sara Tiano, The Chronicle of Social Change, May 5, 2020 As lines for food banks stretch for miles and millions of Californians apply for unemployment in record numbers amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new anti-hunger program is giving families debit cards to keep their fridges and pantries stocked. Close to two-thirds of school-aged children in California could well be eligible, and the state anticipates spending as much as $1.4 billion on the infusion into the budgets of struggling...