A foodbank nestled in the north of England is operating quite like no other. When you step inside, it looks like a charming corner shop but it offers its visitors a unique membership service, where they can buy food for cheaper than a supermarket rate.
For 3.50 a week, people can buy 10 items of food on a weekly basis. It is open to anyone who lives in the community within a twenty-minute walk away.
Meanwood Pantry is the brainchild of Vanessa Brown, who works as a coordinator for a charity called InterACT. Vanessa has been helping people with food parcels since lockdown and wanted to carry on the work as the cost of living crisis deepens.
