As the Cost of Living Crisis shows no sign of abating, the church, which already runs a successful social supermarket in Lurgan, spotted the demand for the facility in Portadown and already have been providing help to hundreds of local families.
Basically those who are in need can pay a small fee and use the supermarket choosing their groceries which cost substantially more than the initial subscription.
Pantries stock an abundant and wide range of top-quality food including fresh fruit and veg, frozen and chilled food, meat and dairy products, and long-life tinned and packaged food. They are just like a shop, in that you choose the food you want from the shelves.
9. Political backing from Alliance Party for the new social supermarket
Alliance Upper Bann MLA Eoin Tennyson with Cllr Peter Lavery at the official opening of the new social supermarket Freedom Foods Pantry in Portadown, Co Armagh on Thursday. The supermarket is open to anyone in need and, for a small fee, can avail of a grocery shop of fresh and frozen food plus other staples. Photo: Carmel Robinson
10. New social supermarket can help those in rural areas as well as in the towns and villages
Chris Leech of Craigavon Area Food Bank at the official opening of the new social supermarket Freedom Foods Pantry in Portadown, Co Armagh on Thursday. He is pictured with Geraldine Lawless, Chair of TADA rural support network and Ulster Unionist Cllr Kyle Savage, Chair of TADA. The supermarket is open to anyone in need and, for a small fee, can avail of a grocery shop of fresh and frozen food plus other staples. Photo: Contributed