PHILADELPHIA — When a cereal shipment was late arriving to Share Food Program facilities earlier this month, the team had to scramble to make sure 7,000 seniors in Philadelphia, Montgomery, and Chester Counties did not have to wait for their monthly grocery boxes.
It was the first time the program — which serves people 60 and older who are food insecure — had ever experienced such a delay, said George Matysik, Share’s executive director.
The holdup also served as a stark reminder of how supply chain issues continue to impact emergency food services at the same time need is skyrocketing.
