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Relief Food Packages Will Go To Corner Stores
posted (April 16, 2020)

As we discussed last night, this food package program is being initially funded with 10 million dollars to feed what could work out to be three thousand or more households countrywide with a bi weekly package.  

The idea is to make these packages available at neighbourhood groceries where the Ministry of Human Development would provide them with shopping lists to be filled:

Hon. Anthony Boots Martinez - Min. Human Dev.
"What the participating stores are asked to do we send you a list of what we are interested to buy from you. You send us your price and then we will say to you these prices are too high because in real truth it's like we're saying give us a discount because it's almost cash your buying from us so price gouging we try to stay away from and we try to open it to as many stores that can participate countrywide and have the capability and the capacity to deliver the goods and services."

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