OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Local food pantries are having to increase their supply and meet what they anticipate will be triple the demand for groceries in the coming months.

This comes as families brace for the suspension of SNAP benefits on November 1, followed by the holiday season.

Many Oklahomans lean on neighborhood food pantries to help get dinner on the table, but as SNAP benefits come to an end, the pressure on those giving groceries to the state's most vulnerable continues to rise.

"We're still getting food from the Regional Food Bank, but there is a shortage," said Pastor Thaddeus Black from the Tulakes Community Church Food Pantry.

The Tulakes Community Church Food Pantry is open for business twice on Wednesdays from 10:00a.m to 2:00p.m and 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. They're locate

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