![]() ![]() ( Florence / Attractions / Mercato Centrale Mercato Centrale - Florence Food Market Visit the central Florence food hall (Mercato Centrale Firenze) Right now, they estimate they serve about 800 families every month.ĬORRECTION: This story has been updated to indicate JFS Corner Market serves an average of 800 families per month. Jewish Family Service said they are always in need of volunteers to help run the Corner Market. And it’s very dignified and you get to pick what you want and you have a choice of healthy foods for your family.” It’s like you’re going grocery shopping at the mini mart. “They’re not thrown into this dark desperation of warehouse food that’s been discarded by others,” she said. She’ll never forget when she needed a little extra help, and she hopes to create a better experience for the future. “We’re really here to be that safety net, to wrap our arms around them, give them the emergency needs that they need right now, but then also go a little deeper and find out what other things we may be able to help them to move forward.”Įisenberg loves finding little food treasures to point out to the families who shop here. “We recently have been seeing lots of more calls from the community saying they just need help to make ends meet at the end of the month,” Stewart said. He said a family of four gets 50 free points to spend each month. Stewart noted that the loss of extra money for food paired with the rising cost of living has sent more families to the Corner Market looking for help. Masks are out at In-N-Out after burger chain bans employees from wearing them in 5 states.Got Sriracha? The price for a bottle of Huy Fong's iconic hot sauce gets spicy with supplies short.Kitchen Lingo in Long Beach sells nothing but culinary books.New artisan market and deli helps you support local.In March, nearly 3 million households in California stopped receiving extra federal food benefits granted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stewart said the Corner Market is needed now more than ever. So instead of having just a food bag that was packed by volunteers or staff and just ‘you have to figure it out,’ here they’re able to see, you know, just like a dignified experience of going shopping for themselves.” “They can walk around and they get to choose what works best for their family. “We have radishes, some nice citrus, there’s some sugar snap peas, cucumbers, carrots,” Stewart said. ![]() Tom Stewart with Jewish Family Service estimates they collect about 5,000 pounds of donated food a week from their rescue partners - everything from local-grown sprouts from a farmers market booth or Starbucks snack packs. So it really makes me proud to work in a place like this.” And the healthy choices here are awesome. Everything that would make you really fat. “You didn’t have a choice like this,” she said. She needed food assistance years ago when she was a single mom. “The points are right on the door so they know they can count as they go,” Eisenberg said.Įisenberg knows how special Corner Market is. Families can take as much fresh produce as they want, whereas things like desserts or canned food cost 2 or 3 points. Shoppers come in and select nutritious foods free of charge, based on a point system. She is a volunteer who works at the revamped version of a food pantry.
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