About 30 Warren City Schools students spent some time shopping inside the Trumbull County Mobile Market when the store on wheels visited the Lincoln PK-8 School on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
The students each had $5 vouchers to purchase anything inside the store they wanted. Some bought fresh vegetables and fruit; others chose pudding and ice cream snacks. One students bought a loaf of bread to take home.
“It really is a great way for them to learn budgeting and the importance of making wise, and healthy, choices,” said school/community liaison Sonya Williams.
The mobile market is a 33-foot specially outfitted vehicle with refrigerated units for meats, juices and other foods needing refrigeration, as well as shelving for nonrefrigerated produce, canned, boxed and bottled foods.
The vehicle travels countywide, offering fresh meats, vegetables and other grocery items to area residents.
The Alliance for Congregational Transformation Influencing our Neighborhoods, also known as ACTION, and the nonprofit Flying HIGH Inc. teamed up to bring the Mobile Market to residents who don’t have easy access to brick-and-mortar grocery stores.
Some of the food products sold in the buses are bought from area farmers.
