Food is 'just flying off the shelves': Suburban pantries trying to feed more people with fewer resources this holiday season
In the week leading up to the country's most food-oriented holiday, leaders at suburban food pantries say they are working to feed more people amid rising grocery prices and fewer donations.
"Usually, there's an ebb and flow," Wise said."But it's been continual growth. Next month, call me, and I may say we're at 1,500 or 1,600." The Northern Illinois Food Bank, among the state's largest, is serving about 440,000 people per month, up from 310,000 per month last year, said Maeven Sipes, the food bank's chief philanthropy officer.
"We ordered a lot of food for the boxes six-plus months ago as we saw prices start to climb," Sipes said. "I think with food costs being more, maybe, people in the grocery business are being more efficient," Haval said.
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