SPOKANE, Wash. — As grocery stores fill with holiday shoppers preparing festive meals, food banks across the region experience similar surges in activity to ensure families in need can also enjoy warm holiday dinners.
The 2nd Harvest Zilch Market looks like an average supermarket, complete with fresh produce, baked goods and canned items. But there is one thing that separates this store from the rest — everything here is free.
“The people behind you are handling the equivalent of our cash register. We weigh the food and take it our of our inventory,” said Tony Cook from 2nd Harvest…