Bargain Grocery donated 120,000 pounds of canned goods to area schools, food pantries, and rescue missions in need during the coronavirus pandemic. Thank you to our valued customers! You’re not just shopping for great deals! We are about so much more than that! This is because of YOU! We are thankful for our local and […]
Compassion Coalition donates 100 pandemic kits to MVHS
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Compassion Coalition has donated 100 pandemic kits to Mohawk Valley Health System, including the much-needed N-95 masks. Thank you to MVHS — we appreciate your staff, and all they are doing during this time! Photo by Brian McGowan on Unsplash
Bargain Grocery hosts cooking lesson for parents
In May we hosted our first community meeting for Martin Luther King Elementary School’s PAC program in our new commercial kitchen Bargain Grocer! We learned how to make pasta with two sauces with parents, while Proctor ROTC cadets watched the kiddos, then we ate a community meal together. How amazing is it to live in a […]
Equipped 2 Teach gets an upgrade
In May 2019, we launched our renovated location of Equipped 2 Teach, central New York’s first and only teacher resource center. Our new location is at 506 Columbia Street — where the old Bargain Grocery was located. We are booked for the remainder of this school year, but will be open again in September 2019! […]
Helping seniors access healthy food through our pop-up grocery store
Compassion Coalition has a long-standing relationship with Utica Municipal Housing Authority’s senior sites. Their mission is to be a leader in the housing industry by providing safe, clean and affordable housing and promoting self-sufficiency, upward mobility, and customer satisfaction. In November 2017, we partnered with UMHA to open a pop-up grocery store for the elderly residents living […]
Bargain Grocery aims to alleviate food insecurity, provide food accessibility
Distance from a grocery store, availability of healthy foods, and food prices all heavily influence what an individual or household is going to eat. These barriers can negatively affect diets, lifestyles, and food security. Food accessibility is a huge problem for residents in the neighborhoods surrounding Bargain Grocery. 12% of people in Oneida County are […]
