Churches help save money on grocery bills
Published: March 31, 2008
With rising prices of just about everything these days getting any kind of break is a blessing. Now some in Connecticut can get a huge savings on their groceries with the help of the Angel Food Ministries.
Well before the sun came up ministry members were busy unloading food at the Good News Christian Church in Wallingford. The boxes of food being are being sold at bargain prices.
“With food prices climbing families aren’t able to meet that end of things so we pitch in and help,” Minister Laurence Woods of Hamden said.
Thanks to the national program, Angel Food Ministries, churches in Connecticut are helping people who want to save a few bucks on their weekly groceries.
“I have three grand children living with us and it’s expensive,” Mary Tart of Wallingford said.
Tart says the savings she gets from this program is a huge help.
“I can do things with them, more than I could before,” Tart said.
“Your dollar goes further?”
“Yeah, a lot further,” she said.
Customers aren’t getting dented cans and expired items. The boxes are full of things you might pull off your store shelves yourself. Everything from meat, beef patties, waffles, even desert.
“Once people find out it’s real same food you can get in the store, they get excited,” said Mike Calo of Old Saybrook.
Calo who works with the Shoreline Church in Old Saybrook says even people in their upper scale community are cashing in. So this program isn’t just for the poor or needy.
“A lot of just middle class and of course we live in a more wealthy area people say ‘Hey, why not? It’s a wonderful idea,’” he said.
“There is no application or qualification process, anyone just wants to supplement their food budget can come get a great deal,” Pastor Joe DeAngelo of the Good News Christian Church said.
At $75.00 worth of food for just $30.00 and with rising gas and grocery prices, it’s a savings some can’t pass up.
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