Bill Clark

Non-Profit Grocery Store Set To Open In Chester

The hopes are to open America’s first non-profit grocery store next Spring in Chester, the first grocery store there in more than a decade.

2012/09/27

(Volunteers sort plum tomatoes at Philabundance headquarters in South Philadelphia. Credit: Paul Kurtz)

Philadelphia Food Organization Says Hunger Is Hitting More Middle Class Families

The US Department Agriculture says 50 million people went hungry last year.

2012/09/05

Philabundance To Open Grocery Store In Chester

In about a year, the organization says it hopes to open a new 13,000-square-foot “Fare and Square” grocery store. It is believed to be the first supermarket in the country operated by a food aid group as a nonprofit venture.

2012/02/25

Philabundance executive director Bill Clark. (Credit: Mark Abrams)

Philabundance Raises Money To Purchase Building For Chester Supermarket

Philabundance has had its eye on the building for some time and has been working to raise $4.5-million to try to buy it and open it up as a grocery store that will also serve as a food center.

2012/02/24

Major Grant Brings Philabundance Closer To Opening Chester Grocery

Philabundance has just received a huge contribution toward its effort to open up a grocery operation in the city of Chester.

2011/11/16

More Area Residents Are Depending On Food Banks To Survive

“So we’re seeing waves – where those food stamp benefits run out and people are coming to the cupboards at the end of the month,” Philabundance president Bill Clark says.

2011/09/29

Survey: 1 In 4 Philadelphians Living In Poverty

27-percent of Philadelphians live below the poverty line. It’s a number that has risen four percent in the last 10 years, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report, released today.

2011/09/22