I saw a news item on this sort of interesting food program in New York where they buy a huge amount of food in bulk and then let local residents buy it at discounted prices. A pretty good discount they’re getting, about $5 of food for every $3. I don’t think there is an income requirement which is sort of cool, and they didn’t offer only junky food. They actually offer stuff like sausage and steak fries!

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