BOSTON — A team member at the Greater Boston Food Bank loaded boxes of orange juice and eggs onto a pallet, steering it by shelves as he selected items. Local food pantries compile an order, much like making a grocery shopping list for your family’s needs.
“Our agency partners go online to our shopping system they can see all of this product in house available online, and they start to build their orders based on the needs of their clients,” said Jonathan Tetrault, vice president of Community Impact and Operations for the Greater Boston Food Bank.
At more than two stories high, it would seem the food bank’s refrigerated section has plenty of space, but there is such a demand the food in cold storage turns over more than twice a week. Produce and eggs are some of the most expensive and highly sought-after items at local food pantries. The executive director of the town of Franklin’s food pantry told us last year they ordered almost 90,000 eggs…