Calgary Food Bank demand high, wait time weeks long in face of food inflation
With two children in tow, Chris Tucay carried a four litre jug of milk and a small fruit cup out of a grocery store to the tune of $10.“You just have to pick basically what is necessary to survive day to day. Things that you don’t need – like going out for a fancy restaurant or something – maybe that’s something we could do it later on, but not right now,” Tucay said.
“We have either had to go without eating ourselves or basically just get meals that are premade meals or tinned meals that aren’t always the healthiest and are filled with ingredients that do make people sick, just because it’s what’s affordable,” she told Global News. “There have been times in the past where we always put our children first — that we skipped meals to be able to afford for our children.
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