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Today’s Interview: God’s Pantry Food Bank CEO discusses increased costs, food demand and ordering more products than ever

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Published May 25, 2022 at 12:14 PM EDT

Michael Halligan is the CEO of God’s Pantry Food Bank. It serves about 250,000 people annually in 50 central and eastern Kentucky counties. Halligan spoke with WEKU’s Corinne Boyer about inflation, the end of the school year and why the food bank anticipates it will have to order more food than ever.

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