Food Bank plans to move Central Pantry to new location
ABC 17 News
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri plans to move its Central Pantry to a new location in Columbia.
According to the organization, Central Pantry is expected to move into the Moser s grocery store off of Business Loop 70 West near Interstate 70 as soon as 2023. For years, the Food Bank dreamed of finding a new home for Central Pantry - a home with the space accessibility needed for us to improve our work to address hunger in our community, said Lindsay Lopez, president and CEO of the Food Bank.
The pantry eventually will move into the location of the Moser s grocery story on Business Loop 70 West. The Food Bank purchased the location after Moser s made plans to move into a new store in the Westbury Village development on Scott Boulevard. When Moser s started considering their project of moving, we were keeping an eye out for a chance to move the Central Pantry, Food Bank Communication and Marketing Coordinator Seth Wolfmeyer said. We formed a connection there and it seemed like a perfect fit opportunity.
Moser s will operate from the Business Loop for about another nine months. After that, renovations will be needed before the Central Pantry can open there, tentatively in early 2023.