East End communities are racking up wins on getting what they need from Giant Eagle as they wait for the return of the Shakespeare Street grocery store.
![Improving food access in Pittsburgh’s East End – and beyond Val Parm of Village Collaborative and Roshia Furnace of Urban Strategies stand smiling in front of Giant Eagle's Mobile Market at Cornerstone Village apartments as a shopper exits the market with bags of groceries](https://justharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Giant-Eagle-Mobile-Market-WIC-Larimer-Val-Roshia-600-200x200.jpg)
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East End communities are racking up wins on getting what they need from Giant Eagle as they wait for the return of the Shakespeare Street grocery store.
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