Tag: Meals

More than 500 free Easter meals delivered across Valley

Mar. 31—RICHFIELD — When Amber Kehler’s partner lost his job, she worried about paying bills for their family of five on her fast food restaurant earnings. The Coal Township mother of three young children heard that a Mount Pleasant Mills family was offering 200 free Easter dinners and baskets for children yet was reluctant to […]

Maggot-infested meals being served inmates at Brooklyn federal jail, lawyers say

Brooklyn’s troubled federal jail has been serving maggot-infested beans to detainees, according to defense lawyers. The apparent barf-inducing food conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center were detailed in a letter sent on behalf of Joseph Elias, a convicted arsonist who’s asking for time served after being held at the Sunset Park jail for more than […]

March for Meals highlights area hunger issues

Mar. 11—Meals on Wheels North Central Texas serves three counties covering about 2,772 square miles and functions as the areas largest community supported service area providing roughly 1,000 meals to elderly and other residents in need, Development Director Lisa Deese said. The chapter, which started in Cleburne, serves Johnson, Ellis and Navarro counties. “And yet, […]

Kellogg’s CEO Tells Cash-Strapped Consumers That Cereal For Dinner Is A ‘Great’ Option — Meanwhile, Pepsi’s CEO Encourages Struggling Gen Zers To Make Meals Out Of Chips And Pretzels

In a recent push to adapt to changing consumer habits and economic pressures, major food conglomerates WK Kellogg Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are reimagining dinner plates across the nation. With grocery prices surging by 25% over the past four years, these companies suggest that traditional dinner options could take a backseat to more unconventional choices […]

US military aircraft drop thousands of meals into Gaza

US military C-130 cargo planes have dropped food and aid in pallets over Gaza, officials have said. The move comes two days after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during a chaotic encounter with Israeli troops. Three planes from Air Forces Central dropped 66 bundles […]