The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program will not be available for the 2023-2024 school year. The program has provided meals for over 1.6 million children since the start of the pandemic.
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According to the United States Department of Agriculture, areas with large numbers of "households with low incomes, inadequate access to transportation and a limited number of food retailers providing fresh produce and healthy groceries for affordable prices" are commonly referred to as food deserts. Although Chapel Hill is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the country, communities in some parts of the Town don't have access to affordable and healthy groceries.
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Located at 207 Roberson St., Tom Robinson’s Seafood has been a Carrboro institution for decades. Current owner Salvador Bonilla took over the market in 2020. Bonilla worked part-time at Tom Robinson's Seafood for a few years under Tom Robinson.
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A line of community members could be seen outside the Ben & Jerry's on Franklin Street all afternoon on Monday. According to Felicia Ross, general manager of the Chapel Hill Ben & Jerry’s, thousands of people went to the ice cream shop to get their free ice cream during Free Cone Day, which all Ben & Jerry's celebrate to thank customers for their support.
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At the Chapel Hill Town Council meeting on Wednesday, there were seven items on the agenda, including a discussion on the redevelopment of the affordable housing complex Trinity Court, two concept plan reviews, appointments to three Town boards and other land use items. The Town Council also heard from numerous community residents and UNC students during public comment regarding the preservation of The Purple Bowl in Chapel Hill.
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Bul Box, a fast, casual Asian cuisine restaurant, opened its newest location on West Franklin Street on Monday, March 20. Jaeyeon Kim, Bul Box's director of operations, described the restaurant as an “Asian Chipotle,” where you can order signature boxes named after cities like “Tokyo Box” or “Shanghai Box." You can also create your own with chosen ingredients.
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Every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon for the past 15 years, the Chapel Hill Farmers' Market has featured locally made products including pottery, kombucha, fresh pasta, seafood and mushroom jewelry. Local residents who frequent the market shop for a myriad of products at tents in the parking lot outside Stoney River and Silverspot Cinema at University Place Mall.
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New Al's Burger Shack owners Charlie Farris and Jason Kesler have decided to transition away from using meat from Mooresville-based Mills Family Farms because of quality concerns. Farris did not disclose the identity of Al's Burger Shack's new beef supplier.
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The Orange County Community Food Access Assessment is a report compiled by the Orange County Food Council which aims to help transform food insecurity policy to be more data-informed. The council consulted with those facing food insecurity to look directly at causes and where help is most needed.
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Triangle Restaurant Week is open to all restaurants in the area, as long as they meet the event requirements. In the past, Butler said over 100 restaurants have participated and generated $1.6 million in extra revenue. The requirements include offering special three-course menu options and fixed pricing.
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Approximately one-in-five UNC students are food insecure. This means that on top of completing homework, studying for exams and spending time in classes, many students have to worry about how they will get their next meal. Resources and studies on-campus work to eliminate the consequences of food deserts and food insecurity. “The last thing that someone wants to be concerned with is, 'Am I gonna eat today?' 'Am I gonna have to only eat twice today and be a little bit hungry to make it to Friday before my next paycheck?'” Margaret Matthews, the vice president of Carolina Cupboard, said. “That is just an added stressor to an already stressful life situation at UNC.”
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Emergency food benefits for North Carolina families — supplied through the federal Food and Nutrition Services due to the COVID-19 pandemic — are set to end in March 2023. The emergency allotments will cease due to the signing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (2023) at the federal level in December, which terminates Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program emergency allotments in all states after February.
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Ay Por Dios! Mexican Bistro, an upscale Mexican fusion restaurant, will open on West Franklin Street early this year. The restaurant combines food from Oaxaca, a city in Mexico, and Spain, but also offers food from other cuisines, such as sushi.
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Downtown Chapel Hill and Franklin Street have recently welcomed new businesses selling goods ranging from crystals and locally-made art to men's clothing and home goods.
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It’s time to grab your milk and get ready for some cookies! Crumbl Cookies will hold a grand opening of its Franklin Street location on Feb. 3.
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"Women flaunt their natural gray hair and stay-at-home dads with toddlers roll around in the artificial grass play area, flaunting their stay-at-homeness. Sometimes these groups meet. A little guy in a knit sweater, a future democratic socialist, teeters around on a boulder and wanders over to a gray-haired couple with a gray-haired dog, also in a sweater."
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On Nov. 13, Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture will host the event, complete with food drives, toiletry drives, local nonprofits and local food trucks.
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A class-action lawsuit filed by California resident Phillip White alleges the hot sauce bottle’s branding is deceptive and leads consumers to believe the product is from Texas, when the product is actually made in Winston-Salem, N.C. White said the branding led him to purchase a $3 Texas Pete hot sauce bottle in 2021, a purchase he wouldn't have made otherwise according to the suit. “If they have a name of the state on the bottle, you kind of assume that’s from that state,” Daniels said. “That’s a very fair assumption, so I would have no clue that it’s from North Carolina.”
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In 2008, Chapel Hill and Carrboro-based nonprofit TABLE began providing 12 kids with food in the Carrboro area. Since then, TABLE has provided about 2.45 million meals. TABLE's expansion of services has led to the need for a larger space to accommodate the population of children who experience food insecurity in Orange County.
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"As the girl who used to be gifted cheese from family members (we’ll leave it at that), it felt too good to be true that I’d get to drag my friends around and indulge in quite possibly the most beloved appetizer there is. Well, indulge I did, and I’m happy to announce, the results are in."
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