Bargain Grocery Addresses Hunger in Troy

Bargain Grocery is a mission-driven retail grocery store where every purchase helps fight hunger. Started in Utica and recently expanded into Troy, the store sells quality groceries—often 30% to 50% below big-box retail prices—by sourcing surplus, close-dated, and overstocked food from major suppliers. At Bargain Grocery, a Cornell University study found that a $100 basket of food at our store was equivalent to $400 elsewhere. With many worried about increased hunger as the federal shutdown threatens funding for the SNAP program, program founder Pastor Mike Sevello talks with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.