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Podcast: City Cast Chicago
Episode: Feeling the Pinch at the Grocery Store? So is Your Local Food Pantry
Description: We’re all feeling inflation at the grocery store. Food prices are up 10% compared to this time last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And those increases are a double whammy for food pantries, resulting in more people who need food and fewer donations from grocery stores and big distribution centers. Lead Producer Carrie Shepherd takes us to Care for Real, a food pantry in Edgewater, to get a sense of what inflation actually looks like.Are you doing our Summertime Chi Bucket List challenge? You could win some City Cast swag! Fi...