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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

Englewood food giveaway fills gap left by shuttered Whole Foods: ‘I pray that we will never be hungry’

Volunteers pass out boxes of frozen food to people near 63rd Street and Ashland Avenue in Englewood on Monday. (Brian Rich/Sun-Times)

Charlotte Woods braved cold weather for over an hour Monday morning at an Englewood lot for a chance to receive a free box of frozen meat.

Grocery stores are lacking in her neighborhood, often considered a food desert, now that the Whole Foods down the street closed less than a month ago.

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