Food banks are seeing increased demand as spiking prices at grocery stores and gas pumps due to inflation cut into budgets.
More than a dozen people stood in the rain last week before the gates at the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services distribution center had even opened. Parked cars wrapped around the block.
The issue is two-fold, as food bank administrators are grappling with their own higher costs for food and the gas it takes to transport it to local pantries. In December, Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services paid a wholesale price of 93 cents per dozen for eggs. Last week, they paid $2.20 per dozen.
Earlier this month, the organization gave a cost-of-living raise to some of its employees as gas prices soared. The average cost of gas in California now stands at $5.70, according to AAA, the highest in the nation. For English, it’s the recent spike in the price of blueberries — now $6.99 at the nearest Safeway — that shocked her the most, a sign that her grocery list would need to be pared down.
The association says that California food banks need at least $120 million from the state this year and $60 million in permanent ongoing funding after that.
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