Jul 20, 2020
With the current state of school closures, families in communities throughout the US who rely on schools for their children’s meals are at risk of experiencing food insecurity. As a result, food agencies have experienced a growing need to provide food for children who have been released from annual school schedules due to COVID-19. This has resulted in record lows for food bank inventories across the country. Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communication at Grocery Outlet Layla Kasha, joins me with information about the current state of food banks across the country, and details about Grocery Outlet’s 10th Annual Independence from Hunger (IFH) National Food Drive Campaign.