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minutesEAGAN, Minn. — The winter holidays typically make for busier times at The Open Door Pantry food shelf in the Twin Cities suburb.On the Monday before Christmas the day’s food appointments were full. Nearly 100 volunteers quickly and methodically sifted through thousands of pounds of freshly donated food.The daily appointments are booked solid through the end of January, and demand has been overwhelming for The Open Door’s other community-based food distribution events.While 2023 was the year that meaningful progress was made on slowing down painfully high inflation, 33 months’ worth of fast-rising prices took their toll on many Americans, especially those with lower incomes.To that point, this year also marks a record year for food pantry visits in Minnesota and beyond — in many cases, by a country mi …
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