Our founder Mike Servello was recently interviewed by Fox Business News below is the transcription of the interview and you watch the interview here. David Asman: Well, Thanksgiving marking the beginning of the season for giving and many businesses offer support to organizations, like the Compassion Coalition & Bargain Grocery. It’s a non-profit, it’s been working for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Community-based giving: Commendation Award
Community-based giving highlight: This is a weekly blog post that highlights some of the various ways in which Compassion Coalition serves our community. Check back every Monday for new posts. Congratulations to all recipients honored at Senator Joseph Griffo’s Commendation Award ceremony. Our CEO and Founder, Michael Servello Sr., was honored with an award. It’s […]
Community-based giving: 8-week anniversary and growth
Community-based giving: This is a weekly blog post that highlights some of the various ways in which Compassion Coalition serves our community. Check back every Monday for new posts. Thank you for the overwhelming support over the last 2 months. Bargain Grocer opened on December 3, 2018 at 1110 Lincoln Ave, growing 10x in size! […]
The Cinderella Effect: Food Edition
Did you know that the “best by,” “enjoy by,” and “sell by,” dates that we see on food packaging DO NOT ADDRESS FOOD SAFETY?! Let that sink in for a minute, I’ll wait … Did you also know that these dates are not regulated by the federal government, and do not mean you have to […]
