NEIL: LYDIA, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, LYDIA HU IN NEW YORK CITY
ON THAT.
NOW TO MADISON ALWORTH ON GOOD
INTENTIONS THAT COULD GET TOUGH
ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WHEN THE
THINGS YOU’RE TRYING TO HELP
PEOPLE OUT WITH, LIKE FOOD, GET
MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO FOR FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, THIS IS A REAL DILEMMA.
MADISON IS IN HARLEM, NEW YORK,
WITH MORE ON THAT STORY.
MADISON.
>> Reporter: HI, NEIL.
YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN SEEING THE
INFLATION AROUND FOOD PRICES,
IT’S HITTING EVERYONE.
BUT THE REALITY IS, IT DOES HIT
LOWER INCOME AMERICANS THE MOST,
AND THAT’S THE PEOPLE GETTING
HELP FROMMED FOOD BANKS LIKE
THIS ONE IN HARLEM.
THE FOOD BANK OF NEW YORK CITY,
THEY ARE STILL SERVING 800 MEALS
A DAY TO THOSE IN NEED, BUT IT
IS NOT WITHOUT HURDLES, AND THEY
ARE GETTING CREATIVE TO KEEP THE
NUMBER OF MEALS UP AND THEIR
PRICES STABLE.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> AT FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK
CITY, WE ARE DEFINITELY FEELING
THE PINCH, AND WE ARE SEEING
FOOD PRICES RISE.
PLASTIC CONTAINERS HAVE GONE UP
IN PRICES.
THE SUPPLY CHAIN WAS JAMMED AND
PUTTING THINGS INTO THE
CONTAINERS THAT THEY USES TO GET
OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE USED TO PROVIDE CANNED TUNA,
NOW WE’RE PROVIDING POUCHES
BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
>> Reporter: POUCHES BECAUSE
THE CANS HAVE JUMPED IN COST.
ACCORDING TO FEEDING AMERICA, IN
FEBRUARY OF 2020 A TRUCKLOAD OF
CANNED TUNA COST THEM $36,000.
TODAY IT COSTS $57,000.
INFLATION AND AN UNRELIABLE
SUPPLY CANE IS PUSHING PRICES
HIGHER.
THE FOOD BANK SHARED SOME OF
THEIR NUMBERS.
A TRUCKLOAD OF PEANUT IF BUTTER
NOW COSTS THEM, GET THIS, 80%
MORE THAN IT DID BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC.
THEY ARE PAYING $51,000 FOR A
TRUCKLOAD.
THE U.N. FOOD CHIEF SAYS THAT
THE UKRAINE WAR IS CREATING A
FOOD CRISIS THAT IS THE WORST
THE WORLD HAS SEEN SINCE WORLD
WAR II, AND THEY DON’T EXPECT
ANY RELIEF SOON.
THAT’S WHY THEY RELY SO HEAVILY
ON DONATIONS, AND IT DOES MAKE A
BIG IMPACT.
THEY SAY THAT $1 CAN PROVIDE
FIVE MEALS HERE AT THIS FOOD
BANK MAKING A BIG IMPACT, LIKE I
SAID AT THE TOP OF THE REPORT,
NEIL.
EVERYONE’S FEELING THE IMPACT ON
FOOD, BUT LOWER INCOME AMERICANS
REALLY FEELING THE BRUNT, THAT’S
WHY WORK KITCHENS LIKE THIS ONE
ARE SO ESSENTIAL, BUT THEY CAN’T
ESCAPE INFLATION.
NONE OF US CAN.
NEIL?
NEIL: YEAH.