The Northern Community Food Security Team and Ripe for Revival are providing a mobile grocery store across from the Northern Regional Center, 350 E. Holding Ave., on the second and fourth Thursday of each month (unless otherwise noted) from 3-5 p.m. – rain or shine. Offering fruits, vegetables, meat, and dairy from local and regional farmers on a pay-what-you-can scale, the NCFST Mobile Market returns to East Holding Avenue this Thursday, March 14.
As a bonus, the mobile market will begin offering a limited selection of canned goods this week. In addition, a representative from Healthy Blue, a Medicaid plan offered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC, will be onsite Thursday to provide information about Medicaid and Healthy Blue.
Open to everyone, NCFST’s pay-what-you-can mobile grocery store makes fresh and local produce, proteins, dairy, eggs, and other food products accessible and affordable to all, regardless of their budget. When shopping, there are some limits on the amount of protein, dairy, and eggs a consumer can purchase, but no limits on produce.
At checkout, shoppers will be given a suggested total. Shoppers can then pay the full amount, a portion of that amount, or nothing at all. Both cash and card payments are accepted, along with Android/Apple Pay.
Due to the Good Friday holiday on March 29, the NCFST Mobile Market will return to Wake Forest on Monday, March 25. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/WF_NCFST or email Community Outreach Manager Andrew Brown, Jr. at abrown@wakeforestnc.gov.
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