As the holidays draw near, food banks across the San Francisco Bay Area are struggling to meet the growing need.
SAN FRANCISCO -- As the holidays draw near, food banks across the San Francisco Bay Area are struggling to meet the growing need even as federal commodity programs are providing less product to distribute, grocery store donations are waning and cash gifts don't go nearly as far as inflation hovers near a 40-year high.
"Prior to the pandemic, our food costs were about $250,000 a month. Now we are regularly hitting up to $1.5 million per month in food purchases," Altfest told KPIX 5. Collectively, Bay Area food banks estimate that they are now serving about a million people each month.
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