ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Feeding Tampa Bay, Healthy St. Pete and Goodwill-Suncoast are teaming up to roll out a Mobile Market that functions as a “pop-up style" grocery store to bring nutritious foods to areas that are under-served and impacted by barriers like food costs, mobility, transportation and language.
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The idea is to combat food deserts in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties, where people may not have access to groceries.
Everything inside the "My Mobile Market" is priced at less than $2 an item and one bag of produce is given to each person free of charge. The mobile market moves to all different neighborhoods/communities that don't have nearby grocery stores.
The Mobile Market was part of the “big idea” grant, awarded to innovative, collaborative projects that address basic needs such as hunger and housing in Tampa Bay.
You can find a link to the locations where the Mobile Market sets up by clicking here.
Here are some of the upcoming stops:
June 20: Deufel Residential Community, 1-2 PM, 8433 N. Lois Avenue, Tampa
June 21: Gandy Goodwill, 11 AM-1 PM, 10596 Gandy Blvd. N., St. Pete
June 22: UACDC Annex building, 11 AM-12 PM, 14013 N. 22nd St, Tampa
June 24: Barkdale Senior Center, 1-2 PM, 1801 N. Lincoln Avenue, Tampa
June 24: New Life Village, 4-6 PM, 4926 Venice Lake Ave, Tampa
June 25: The Sunshine Center, 11 AM-12 PM, 330 5th St. N., St. Petersburg
June 25: PERC, 1-2 PM, 12810 US Highway 19 N #1, Clearwater
June 26: Southland Apartments, 2-3 PM, 3716 W. Wyoming Ave., Tampa
June 28: Lutz Senior Center, 1-2 PM, 112 1st Ave NW, Lutz
June 29: UACDC Annex Building, 11 AM- 12 PM, 14013 N. 22nd St., Tampa
