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New Hampshire Food Bank prepares for holiday season despite supply chain issues

The New Hampshire Food Bank is on track to donate a similar amount of food as last year, despite supply chain issues and rising food costs. The food bank distributed over 17 million pounds of food last year. Executive director Eileen Liponis said they are facing daily challenges that are specific to 2021.”There are challenges every day. Staying in the food, staying in the money to stay in the food, being able to have enough drivers so we can make all our distributions every day is a different challenge,” Liponis said.Supply chain issues and rising costs have impacted deliveries, but Liponis said they are managing.”The supply chains are not quite back to what they used to be,” Liponis said. “They are not as bad as the height of the pandemic, but we are experiencing some delays, some shortages here and there. But we adjust weekly, daily.” Liponis said the cost of fuel also gets transferred to the price of the product. “We locked in our prices and our turkeys in January, so we are very fortunate and we do plan ahead significantly,” Liponis said.The food bank has been purchasing more food than before, thanks to monetary donations.”Now we are in the business of buying more food than we had before, so donations have been healthy,” Liponis said. “We hope they continue to be healthy, and we are very grateful for the generosity that New Hampshire has shown us.” The food bank said one of their 400 agencies are here to help this holiday season.”That is why we are working so hard, so nobody goes hungry,” Liponis said.The food bank said they are a bit low on produce and protein right now but are confident the supply chain will fulfill them soon.

The New Hampshire Food Bank is on track to donate a similar amount of food as last year, despite supply chain issues and rising food costs.

The food bank distributed over 17 million pounds of food last year. Executive director Eileen Liponis said they are facing daily challenges that are specific to 2021.

“There are challenges every day. Staying in the food, staying in the money to stay in the food, being able to have enough drivers so we can make all our distributions every day is a different challenge,” Liponis said.

Supply chain issues and rising costs have impacted deliveries, but Liponis said they are managing.

“The supply chains are not quite back to what they used to be,” Liponis said. “They are not as bad as the height of the pandemic, but we are experiencing some delays, some shortages here and there. But we adjust weekly, daily.”

Liponis said the cost of fuel also gets transferred to the price of the product.

“We locked in our prices and our turkeys in January, so we are very fortunate and we do plan ahead significantly,” Liponis said.

The food bank has been purchasing more food than before, thanks to monetary donations.

“Now we are in the business of buying more food than we had before, so donations have been healthy,” Liponis said. “We hope they continue to be healthy, and we are very grateful for the generosity that New Hampshire has shown us.”

The food bank said one of their 400 agencies are here to help this holiday season.

“That is why we are working so hard, so nobody goes hungry,” Liponis said.

The food bank said they are a bit low on produce and protein right now but are confident the supply chain will fulfill them soon.

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