Jubilee Food Market celebrates 5th year of providing relief from food desert

WACO.

JUBILEE FOOD MARKETOPENED, HOPING TO SOLVE AMAJOR PROBLEM FOR THENEIGHBORHOOD, KNOWN AS A FOODSEDERT.

25 NEWS REPORTERANDREW LAMPARSKI HAS A LOOK ATTHE STORE AND THE DIFFERCEENITS MAKING.PKG SCRIPT GOES HERE PEOPLEUSED TO HAVE TO TRAVEL MILESTO GET TO A GROCERY ORSTEBEFORE MISSION WACO OPENEDTHIS LOCATION.

EMPLOYEES ANDLONGTIME CUSTOMERS ALIKE SAYTHEY'RE GRATEFUL F AORLLT' ISGIVEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTHE PAST FIVE YEARS.

--L3--JUBILEE FOOD MARKETCELEBRATES FIVE YEARS / WACO(NAT: BELL) (TRACK 1) EVERYTIME THAT BELL RINGS, YOU'LLHEAR MARLA KETCHUM FROM THEFRONT OF THE STORE.

(NAT:"WELCOME TO JUBILEE, LIVEWELL, EAT WELL") (TRACK 2)THIS MONTH MARKS FIVE YEARSSINCE JUBILLEE FOOD MAETRKFIRST OPENED ITS DOORS.

(SOT1) HAYNES: "I CAN'T BELIEVEI'VE BEEN SHOPPING HERE FORFIVE YEARS" (TRACK 3) BARBAARHAYNES HAS BEEN SHOPPING HERESINCE THE VERY BEGINNING...BUT SHE REMEMBERS DAYS WHEREFOOD IN HER NEIGHBORODHOWASN'T SO EASY TO COME BY.(SOT 2) L3--BARBARA HAYNES /LONGTIME SHOPPER HAYNES: "WEWOULD ALWAYS USED TO HAVE TONDFI OUR WAY TO, BACK THEN ITWAS A PIGGLY WIGGLY ONHERRING, AND THEN YOU HAVE TOGO ON DOWN TO HEB, AND MOST OFTHE TIME WE HAD TO WALK, SO ITWAS A HASSLE." (TRACK 4)BEFORE MISSION WACO OPENED THEMARKET ON COLCORD AVENUE IN2016, NORTH WACO WAS KNOWNS AA FOOD DESERT-- (SOT 3)L3--JOHN CALLOWAY / EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR, MISSION WACOCALLOWAY: "NO ONE IN OURNEIGHBORHO HODADCC AESS TOAFFORDABLE, HEALTHY FOODWITHIN ABOUT TWO AND A HALFMILES." (TRACK 5) SINCE THEN,IT'S ONLY GROWN ANDEXPANDED--SEEING EVEN MORECUSTOMS SIERNCE THE PANDEMICSTARTED.

(SOT 4) CALLOWAY: "WEWENT FROM, SORT OF, A SMALLCOENNVIENCE STORE TO A VERYLARGE, HEALTHY GROCERY STOREIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD." (TRACK6) RESIDENTS SAY IT'S BEMECOAN OASIS IN THE DESERT...WITHPLENTY OF LOYAL CUSTOMERS.(SOT 5) L3--MARLA KETCHUM /EMPLOYEE KETCHUM: "JUST MAKESME FEEL HUMBLED TO SERVEUR OCOMMUNITY, AND THEY COME INTOTHIS STORE." (TRACK 7) ANDWHERE MARLA KNOWS THEM BYNAME(N.

AT: "THANK YOU MISSROBINSON, YOU HAVE A GOODAFTERNOON.") --- LL OUT THISSATURDAY, TO CELEBRATE ITS 5THANNIVERSARY, JUBILEE ISHOSTING A HEALTH FAIR HERE ATTHE CORNER OF 15TH ANDCOLCORD.

YOU CAN COME BYOR FFREE HEALTH CARE SERVICES, AZUMBA CLASS AND COVID VACCINESFROM 10 AM TO 2 PM.

IN WACO,ANDREW LAMRS.KIPAMISSION WACO HAS SEVERAL OTHERPROGRAMS TO HELP THO