In the last three months or so, the number of customers the food bank serves in a week...
Esmeralda Ybarra is handed fresh eggs for two families as she picks up food supplies at the San Antonio Food Bank on Thursday. Like many food banks in Texas, the San Antonio Food Bank reports difficulty keeping up with the current demand owing to several factors. Inflation has driven the price of food higher than normal. As a result, donations to food banks are down and an increasing number of San Antonians are seeking food assistance.
is straining to keep up with the current demand. Inflation has driven the price of food and other necessities, including fuel and housing, sky-high, causing a decrease in donations and an increase in customers. Other issues, including product recalls, bird flu cases, supply-chain shortages and the war in Ukraine, aren’t helping the situation. While most have no relation to one another, these individual factors have melded into a perfect storm, forcing charities to do more with less.
“It doesn’t matter what you’re buying in this economy. Generally, you’re paying more than you ever have,” said Eric Cooper, San Antonio Food Bank president and CEO.In practice, he said, “that means … you’re leaving the grocery store with actually less food in your grocery cart than what you had become accustomed to. And to make up that difference, families are leaning on the food bank.”
In the last three months or so, Cooper said the number of customers the food bank serves in a week has risen by at least 10 percent.Manuel Ochoa, 62, waits as he picks up food supplies for two families at the San Antonio Food Bank, Thursday. Like many food banks in Texas, the San Antonio Food Bank reports difficulty keeping up with the current demand owing to several factors. Inflation has driven the price of food higher than normal.
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