The Western Family food brand expanded its seventh annual Share It Forward campaign this year. The program, which supports local food banks, included new retailers this year, bringing the total number of participating stores to more than 220 across Western Canada. Buy-Low Foods and Nesters Markets joined Save-On-Foods, PriceSmart Foods and Urban Fare stores by […] Read more
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VIDEO: Producers donate pork to food banks
Manitoba hog producers announced a program in April that supplies freezers and pork to food banks around the province
Thousands of Manitoba families were struggling before the pandemic and the inflation storm hit. Their struggles to get enough to eat are now much worse. Manitoba’s hog farmers are covering some of the gaps with a much-appreciated pork donation program. “The need is so great and so high, they just need a helping hand,” said […] Read more
