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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

A recent spring food drive in Barrie, Ont. fell $100,000 short on their financial goal. It's part of a growing trend across Canada.

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

It was never sustainable right from the beginning. Food banks are supported and funded mostly by those just a paycheque or two from being a client themselves. If the actually well-off were doing their part, food banks would mostly disappear because wages and social assistance would be up to the task of making sure people can afford to eat.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And amidst this peril of food banks, Loblaws made 551 million Canadian dollars in net profits in Q4 2023.

ITT we'd rather worry about handfuls of people wasting few dozen dollars of food each.

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