Food prices are up 10% in a single year. Gas prices are up 48% since 2021. Energy costs are up 34% and used car prices are up 16%. That’s leading more people in the Tampa Bay area to trim their budgets with many facing food insecurity for the first time in their lives.

The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and St. Pete Free Clinic (SPFC) are giving away fresh food to those who need it.

Mike Jaber knows just about everyone who walks into his store. It’s part of the reason St. Pete Free Clinic and city leaders chose Rajax Food Mart and Meat Market as the first FRESH Pace Healthy Neighborhood Store.