SNAP is not only just food being put on the table. It's stability for the future. When Steven Gray's family first received their monthly EBT allowance, the trips to Costco were life-saving. Gray said that when he was growing up in South Brooklyn and struggling with food insecurity, running out of funds often meant scrambling to make money with their siblings to help their parents afford groceries.
A deal will keep the Moffett Field Commissary open for at least two more years, South Bay Democrat Rep. Sam Liccardo's office said Wednesday, preserving a key source of low-cost groceries for veterans while a long-term solution is explored. The agreement keeps the commissary operating through at least 2028, with an option to renew in 2029. Without a new lease, it had been slated to close this year a move that would have left thousands of South Bay and Peninsula veterans without nearby affordable groceries. The next closest commissaries are at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield and in Monterey.
And everyone has different criteria for what makes a grocery store worth shopping at; some consider cheap prices as the gold standard while others are more concerned with the quality and selection of produce and staples. WinCo is the beloved Boise-based chain that not only appears on our list of the 13 most affordable grocery stores in 2023, but it's also been voted as the most trustworthy grocery store of all.
