Truck Plans 60 Site Visits / Month
Eclectic Selection of Fruits & Veges
Dairy, Meat, Dry Goods, Other Best Selling Items
11/30/23 3 p.m., E.S.T., Lexington, Ky.
Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton greeted the city employees, partners from Kroger and God’s Pantry, at the maiden voyage of Lexington Mobile Market (LMM) truck at one of the city’s largest public housing complexes, the Connie-Griffith Tower / Ballard apartments on Tower Plaza.
The mobile market will accept debit, credit, EBT, and Kroger gift cards but NOT cash. The schedule of visits can be found at GodsPantry.org. The truck will try to make 60 site visits per month. Everyone can use the mobile grocery, not just people affiliated with the site stop. LMM truck addresses the urban food desert to help create a food oasis.
Gorton gave thanks to all, many by name, like Tiffany Brown, whose contribution was genesis of the idea and a relentless drive to push the project to opening date, a feat that took two-years of planning.
LMM pulled into the Connie-Griffith / Ballard public housing apartment complex about 12:30 p.m., sponsored the ribbon-cutting, and opened the doors for customers about 2:15 p.m. Customers got a free blue canvass reuseable shopping bag as SWAG.
The eclectic selection of products range from crackers to canned & dry goods, fresh veges, dairy / poultry, meats / chicken, and many other products not available at the resident St. Paul de Vincent store on site in the Connie Griffith building.
LMM does not sell junk-food snacks like Cheetos, chips, etc., which residents can get from an on-site store one-day per week.
St. Paul de Vincent store is usually open only on Wednesdays from 1 p.m., to 4 p.m., meaning the mobile store does not compete for business nor vice versa. St. Paul store also offers snack foods like cheetos which are not offered in the LMM.
Kroger helps manage product selection, God’s Pantry provides the CDL truck driver, and Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government paid for the equipment (truck and its accessories).
