The Salt Lake Tribune, published March 20, 2025
‘Frightening’: Utah food banks scramble to meet highest-ever demand as families ‘bombarded’ by rising costs
Utah Food Bank officials thought demand during the pandemic would be the highest they’d ever see. They were wrong.
Brandy Campbell has been fighting cancer since 2020.
In and out of work because of treatments and surgeries, her battle brought her to Calvary Salt Lake’s food pantry on a chilly Thursday earlier this month. Campbell and her sidekick, Boujee, a miniature Australian Shepherd, were joined by hundreds of others inching along in the Murray church’s car line.
“The cost of groceries is so expensive,” Campbell said. “It frees up some funds for my doctor bills and household needs. … In the last six months, [grocery costs have] only gotten worse.”
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