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tblue37

(65,328 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 09:42 PM Apr 2020

Cars line up at food banks:

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/unforgettable-footage-of-endless-lines-of-cars-at-food-banks-illustrates-coronavirus-crisis-in-the-us/



Images and video of miles of cars lined up at food banks in San Antonio and other cities across the U.S. present a striking example of the economic effects of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, which has thrown at least 16 million Americans out of work in recent weeks and increased pressure on the distribution centers to provide key staples for a flood of needy people in the country.
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Cars line up at food banks: (Original Post) tblue37 Apr 2020 OP
OMG! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #1
Time lapse video: tblue37 Apr 2020 #2
+1,000!!! CountAllVotes Apr 2020 #3
Thanks. Everyone needs to see this. nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #5
Welcome to Trumps America! Keep Americans Hungry! nt cayugafalls Apr 2020 #4
To make matters worse, a lot of grocers who donate to food banks are not donating as much. Flaleftist Apr 2020 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Apr 2020 #7
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #8

Flaleftist

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6. To make matters worse, a lot of grocers who donate to food banks are not donating as much.
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 09:49 PM
Apr 2020

They donate items past the sell by date. They are pulled the night before their date and set them aside for pickup. With the increase in sales volume, there is a lot less product sitting on the shelves until the sell by date, which means a lot less donations.

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