During a store run at Dierbergs last month, Marty Casey, founder of the UnGUN Institute in St. Louis, says she spent nearly $300 on about 3½ meals.
She purchased milk, cereal, shrimp, raw steak, chips and a handful of other items. She said it was almost double the amount she would have spent several years ago.
“I almost cried putting my groceries away, not so much because I couldn’t get the groceries, or my needs were not met,” Casey said. “I cried for those who I know I’m serving, and all I could think about is that if I didn’t have an opportunity to build a free store to where they could come and get free groceries at least once a week, how are they making it?”…