There’s plenty of food on store shelves, but the supply chain is scrambling to keep some basic items in stock amid unprecedented demand created in part by people staying home and cooking.
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State
Free meal for unemployed Maine food service workers
Also, Congdon’s Doughnuts closes, Tandem sells its biscuit recipe for worker relief, another distiller makes sanitizer and virtual wine dinners for two.
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Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Politics
COVID-19 closes hot spot for campaigning, but politicians remember
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins cites Simones’ Hot Dog Stand, a Lewiston landmark since 1908, as a reason for federal COVID-19 help for small businesses.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Local businesses are turning into delivery businesses
Food, beer, prescriptions, medical equipment, hardware are among items available at Lewiston-Auburn doorsteps.
Posted inFood & Dining, Local & State
UMaine to offer program this summer in food preservation
Participants will learn techniques such as canning, drying, freezing and fermenting.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Clinton’s privately held food bank closes amid coronavirus pandemic
Those who have an application with the Clinton Community Food Bank can call the Clinton Town Office about food pickup while the town looks into an alternate means of distributing food.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Many area farms selling food directly to consumers
Meats, eggs, milk, vegetables, fruits, cheese, honey among offerings.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Recipes
Who does maple season best?
Put up your dukes, Vermont, New York state and Quebec. We’re coming for ya.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Grocery stores set aside shopping hours for seniors amid coronavirus fears
Hannaford, Shaw’s and Walmart are among the stores that are easing the fears of senior citizens over the coronavirus by reserving shopping times exclusively for them.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Food bank calls on Mainers to stop hoarding
Good Shepherd president says hoarders are ‘creating a crisis’ by snatching up months’ worth of food and emptying out grocery stores.