Mobile grocery store unveiled in Birmingham

MOMENT. MEANWHILE, A LITTLE HEARTWARMING NEWS FOR YOU TONIGHT AS ONE ORGANIZATION UNVEILS ITS NEW INITIATIVE TO FEED RESIDENTS IN NEED. THEY’VE UNVEILED THEIR BRAND NEW MOBILE GROCERY STORE. WVTM 13 JARVIS ROBERTSON. HOW DOES IT WORK? WELL, THE MOBILE GROCERY STORE IS PART OF MERCY DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES OUTREACH EFFORTS. WE’RE TOLD THIS WILL HELP BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY. NOW, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WE’RE TOLD THE BUS COST. BETWEEN 175,000 AND $200,000 TO OUTFIT FOR USE. SPACE IS LIMITED, BUT WE’RE TOLD THE MOBILE GROCERY STORE WILL CARRY FRESH PRODUCE. PANTRY STAPLE FOODS AND PROTEINS. BUT THERE WON’T BE ROOM FOR JUNK FOOD. ANTOINETTE TONI VANCE IS THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF MERCY DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES. SHE SAYS THE IDEA CAME ABOUT THROUGH PRAYER. THEY WANT TO BRING THIS SERVICE TO PEOPLE OF BIRMINGHAM WHO STRUGGLE WITH TRANSPORTATION AND FOOD DESERTS, AND TO DO SO AT AN AFFORDABLE COST. CLIENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THEIR SNAP BENEFITS AND GRANTS AND DONATIONS WILL COVER TAXES. WE WILL NOT CHARGE THAT SET OF CLIENTELE TAXES, BUT ANYONE CAN SHOP ON THE BUS. OUR PRICES WILL BE HELD RIGHT AT WHOLESALE, MAYBE 1 TO 2, 1 TO 2 TO 3% ABOVE WHOLESALE. NOW THEY DON’T HAVE FOOD ON THE BUS JUST YET. DRIVERS WILL BE HIRED FOR THE DIFFERENT ROUTES. SERVICES FOR THE MOBILE GROCERY STORE WILL STA