After several failed attempts, a new push to explore a city-owned grocery store aims to someday bring fresh produce to a food desert in Hartford.
“Getting a full-service grocery store in the North End has been a challenge for literally our whole lives,” councilman Josh Michtom said. “I think it’s a very common sense idea to at least study its feasibility and get some parameters around it.”
CTown Supermarkets has opened a new location in New Haven, Conn., under the collaborative banner The Meat King by CTown. Located at 664 Grand Avenue in New Haven, the more than 16,000-square-foot supermarket is already open, but the store will host its official grand opening on Saturday, June 10, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m.
In Connecticut, more than 400,000 people struggle to put food on the table. The issue of food insecurity is exacerbated by inflation, increasing the cost of groceries and putting a strain on food banks nationwide. (more…)
Springfield, Massachusetts-based Big Y’s annual “Sack Hunger” campaign has provided funds for the four food banks within its two-state marketing area. These food banks support local soup kitchens, food pantries, senior food programs, day care centers and 2,100 other member agencies. (more…)
Springfield, Massachussetts-based Big Y World Class Markets is partnering with the American Red Cross to raise donations to provide humanitarian relief in response to the Ukraine crisis.
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Big Y Supermarkets have donated proceeds from their October initiative “Partners of Hope” to 31 local breast cancer support groups throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut according to VP Claire D’Amour-Daley.
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Stop & Shop associates from Connecticut delivered a truck full of toys to Connecticut Children’s ahead of the holidays through a partnership with the Connecticut Lottery Corporation’s (CLC) 8th annual “Give a Child a Toy, Not a Ticket” Holiday Toy Drive.
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As the calendar turns to November, Connecticut’s FoodShare has kicked off their “Turkey and 30” campaign. (more…)
In an effort to reduce hunger among students in the communities it serves, the Stop & Shop School Food Pantry Program has expanded to support food pantries in more than 50 schools across the Northeast. (more…)