The closure of South Tucsons only grocery store is continuing to ripple through the community, leaving residents with fewer options for fresh food and increasing pressure on local food banks.

Food City, which had served South Tucson residents for decades at its location on South Sixth Avenue, shut its doors in October. Since then, many in the community have been forced to travel outside city limits to shop for groceries, a challenge for those without reliable transportation.

Casa Maria, a long-standing soup kitchen and food bank in the area, has felt the closures effects firsthand.

Every day we go and pick up food, and one of the stores that gave us food was the Food City here in South Tucson, said South Tucson City Councilor and Casa Maria worker Brian Flagg. As our numbers are going u

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