onions reporter: to pick produce from a local urban farm and from neighbors back yards. there s some babies. gleaning does provide a relief for our organization and for recipients that do depend on just receiving access to produce. reporter: shoppers are also finding new ways to get deals in the grocery store. riverside resident lily yu is a brand ambassador for flash food, an app that lists discounted grocery items nearing their sell-by date. hummus. reporter: with a sign language interpreter, she showed how much she saves. mangos, an apple, and all of this fruit was $5. it helps reduce food waste. i m able to help like with the climate which is wonderful, as well as save money. reporter: for now, yu has to drive an hour to certain supermarkets where flash food is available. but the ceo says they re aggressively trying to reach more parts of california. while yu is happy to drive her hybrid car, duran has to stay close to riverside because of
prices have all created an entirely different life that what anna duran was used to. she now turns in recycling for cash. you get $1.37 a pound reporter: and works part-time as a caretaker but it barely covers the bills. this is my mortgage, $825.24. this is my car payment of $482.99. reporter: those are just some of the fixed costs. she lives in riverside county where the metro area s annual inflation rate in june was likely around 10%, higher than the national average. that s because people move to the relatively more affordable inland empire during the pandemic driving up population and demand for goods and services. not only have prices gone up, but folks in the inland empire can t shift to saying i ll work from home more in response to higher gas prices. they are the types of workers that generally have to actually commute into their workplaces. reporter: and duran needs to drive for her work as a
local farm and from neighbors bac backyards. and it does provide relief for our organization and for recipients that do depend on just receiving access to produce. reporter: and shoppers are also finding new ways to get deals in the grocery store. riverside resident lilly yu is a brand ambassador for flash food an app that lists items nearing their sell-by date. she showed us how much she saves. man ggos, apple, and all of this fruit was a $5. and it helps reduce food waste. so able to help with the climate which is wonderful. reporter: and for now she has to drive an hour where the flash flood is available. but the ceo is trying to reach more parts of california. while yu is happy to drive her hybrid car, duran has to stay close to riverside because of fuel costs.