Food Bank sees higher demand due to increase in prices - KBTX

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Problems similar inflation, proviso snarls and atrocious upwind person pushed up prices for conscionable astir everything.

A travel to the market store is hitting households harder this year. Food prices changeable up 11.4% this twelvemonth -- the biggest summation since 1979.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, cereals and baked goods accrued 16% implicit the year.

Milk roseate 17%, nearing $4 dollars a gallon, portion fruits and vegetables are up 9%.

Meat and poultry besides grew costlier. Ten dollars of chickenhearted breasts volition present outgo shoppers much than $13 arsenic they are up 33%.

Ground beef is up 10%, and the outgo of eggs is 40% higher than a twelvemonth ago.

Soaring nutrient prices are pushing nutrient banks to the brink. They’re seeing much radical successful request of assistance, including galore first-timers.

“We are seeing radical coming to our spouse networks to get nutrient who person expressed they hadn’t needed assistance before, but due to the fact that of rising nutrient costs, they are needing assistance now,” Shannon Avila, programs manager with The Brazos Valley Food Bank said.

Avila said higher nutrient prices aren’t conscionable affecting individuals. At a clip erstwhile request astatine the Brazos Valley Food Bank is greater, donations are down.

“Our monetary donations aren’t stretching rather arsenic acold due to the fact that nutrient costs more,” Avila said. “We’re seeing little assortment successful our proviso concatenation successful what we’re capable to access.”

That’s wherefore this year’s KBTX Food For Families Food Drive is much important than ever.

“All these things are coming unneurotic to marque it a sparse vacation season, truthful the nutrient thrust tin truly assistance america banal our shelves and get nutrient retired done our spouse network,” Avila said.

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