If you’re a high-end grocery store specializing in organic foods operating in the city of Baltimore, and want to ensure your windows don’t get busted in, what do you do? Hand out free turkey and cheese sandwiches to National Guard troops and brag about it on Instagram, of course!
Sure, thousands of public schools students missed their free or reduced priced lunches as area schools were closed, but someone else can deal with that. No doubt the National Guard was severely lacking in supplies.
From Salon:
All Baltimore City public schools were closed on Tuesday in response to violent protests breaking out across the city in response to Freddie Gray’s death. About 84 percent of students in city’s public schools receive free or reduced-price lunches, according to the school district’s website. The closings mean that these students were unable to access these lunches, and churches and community centers have been scrambling to fill the gap.
That’s why it was so shocking to hear that Whole Foods and Five Guys had taken the initiative to provide free food for National Guard soldiers instead of for thousands of high-need children.
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