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With sustained high food prices in grocery stores, the Regina Foodbank is continuing to see high demand and an increase in the frequency of clients, according to CEO John Bailey.

“We’re up about 30 per cent in terms of the number of folks we’re serving and we are also serving them more frequently, so our actual points of service are up about 40 per cent from last year,” Bailey told CTV Morning Live.

Bailey attributes the high demand for their service to several reasons, including recent economic pressures.

“Really I think there are a lot of reasons why demand is going up. When we look at the increased usage I think it’s the fact that folks were sort of close to the edge in terms of being food insecure previously and more recent economic pressures on households have pushed them that way.”

Bailey also said this time of year specifically …

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