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Share Food Program is a social services organization working for hunger relief in the Philadelphia region of Pennsylvania, United States. [1] It serves as a food bank to the communities in accordance with USDA civil rights regulations and feeds more than 1 million people each month in Philadelphia and the suburbs. [ 2 ]
This raises more than 2.6 million pounds of food, US$200,000 in 2019, and over 14 million pounds since its inception. [26] 6 ABC's Holiday Food Drive: Each year, 6 ABC and partners Dunkin' Donuts and ACME raise food, funds, and awareness of Philabundance from Thanksgiving through the New Year.
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Weavers Way publishes a monthly newspaper, The Shuttle, which is mailed to members and available free to the community at the stores and at numerous drop locations in Northwest Philadelphia. In addition to Co-op businesses, it covers topics of interests to the larger community, including food and food justice, the environment and local issues. [3]
Food Fair, also known by its successor name Pantry Pride, was a large supermarket chain in the United States. It was founded by Samuel N. Friedland, and his brother George I. Friedland who opened the first store (as Reading Giant Quality Price Cutter) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , in the late 1920s.
The market also plays host to the annual Italian Market Festival with music, activities, and food. [4] South 9th Street Curb Market Historical Marker. One of several curb markets established in the early 20th century offering fresh produce and a variety of ethnic specialty foods, it has evolved into a popular Philadelphia icon.
Invented in Philadelphia in the 1930s, the cheesesteak is the most well known, and soft pretzels have long been a major part of Philadelphia culture. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the creation of two Philadelphia landmarks offering an array of food options, the Reading Terminal Market and the Italian Market.
More than 80,000 people live in Southwest Philadelphia. It is approximately 60% black, 36% white, and 4% Asian. [10]Until the late 1960s, the Southwest section of Philadelphia was commonly associated with Irish-Americans until Southeast Asian refugees settled in the area along with African-Americans from nearby West Philadelphia.