With Increased Prices Comes Increased Need

Last year, Interfaith’s food shelf served 926 west metro households and distributed 683,268 pounds of goods. When measured by weight, 74% of the food and other household goods come from community donations. But the remaining 26% is purchased from food banks and other partnerships.

“Food banks, like Second Harvest, purchase the food in large quantities. Then they basically act like a wholesaler and distribute it to the various community food shelves,” says Food Shelf Manager Patrick Felker.

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The goal is getting the best food from these sources at the best price, but with sustained inflation of food prices over several months, this has become more of a challenge, Felker says.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, food prices in the Twin Cities metro increased as much as 14% in the last year – more than any other consumer item category.

“This inflation has impacted us twofold, by bringing new and returning families to us while also driving our costs up,” Felker states.

Your contributions, whether financial or in-kind, help us keep food on the shelves to feed these new and returning families – and help us prevent hunger in our community.