In the News ... "West Texas Food Bank feeling the surging demand of food and fuel inflation"

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By Stephanie Douglas, Reporter
• KOSA-TV

ODESSA, TEXAS - s gas and grocery prices continue to rise, food pantries in West Texas are feeling the effects to keep up with the surging demand.

Each month, the West Texas Food Bank distributes a million pounds of food.

Craig Stoker, WTFB Marketing Director says it’s a number likely to increase by summer with more facing food insecurity in the community due to inflation.

“We have seen over 400 cars every week that we have had our pantry this month and we don’t expect that to go down anytime soon,” said Stoker.

But the community is not the only ones feeling the rise in cost of goods, it’s the food bank too ...

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