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Elected leaders hail affordable food options at the Daily Table

Dorchester Reporter

Mayor Wu and US Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern visited the Nubian Square location of the Daily Table grocery store last Wednesday to highlight the chain’s importance in addressing food insecurity in the region.

November 7, 2024

Reps. Pressley and McGovern and Mayor Wu Join Daily Table to Highlight Work to Tackle Food Insecurity

Press Release: October 30, 2024

Members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined with Daily Table, a local non-profit independent grocery store, at its Roxbury location on Wednesday, October 30 to highlight some of the successful strategies being implemented to tackle the issue of food insecurity in Massachusetts, and the need for local, state, and federal support to ensure families have access to quality healthy, affordable, and delicious food.

Interview With Sasha, CEO of Daily Table

Java With Jimmy

In this episode, Sasha, the CEO of Daily Table, and host, James ‘Jimmy’ Hills explores Sasha’s unique journey from the tech industry to food justice leadership. With a career that began in software engineering and management, Sasha discovered her passion for food sustainability after launching an organic farm in 2005. This passion led her to pivot into nonprofit work, where she spent over a decade transforming Food For Free into a regional leader in food access. Now, as the CEO of Daily Table, Sasha brings her wealth of experience to tackle nutrition insecurity in the Greater Boston area.

September 25, 2024

Gastronomy for Good: Daily Table’s Mission-Based Gastronomy

Boston University’s Gastronomy Blog

Michael O’Driscoll, Director of Operations at Daily Table, and Chris Austin, Executive Chef at Daily Table, spent an evening in Boston University’s test kitchen. They discussed Daily Table’s multifaceted approach to nutrition insecurity and prepared some of their delicious recipes.

August 2, 2024

Renewed Roxbury Event

The Bay State Banner

Local artist Mar Deuno from AOA Paint Supply decorates the Daily Table grocery store with murals that represent the Roxbury community. YouthBuild Boston, an organization on a mission to provide underserved young people with the support and credentials to enter the construction and design industry successfully, helped renovate the Roxbury store.

August 1, 2024

Salem Grocer Daily Table Awarded $400K Cummings Foundation Grant

Salem Patch

Salem nonprofit grocer Daily Table was awarded $400,000 in grant funding over 10 years as part of the 2024 Cummings Foundation program. The Daily Table, which also has locations in Dorchester, Roxbury, Central Square in Cambridge and Mattapan, was one of 150 nonprofits to share in $30 million in awards this year.

June 3, 2024

Daily Table Awarded $400,000 Cummings Grant

Press Release: May 29, 2024

Daily Table is one of 150 local nonprofits that will share in $30 million through Cummings Foundation’s major annual grants program. The Boston-based organization was selected from a total of 715 applicants during a competitive review process and was one of 25 organizations selected for a 10-year grant, totaling $400,000 over 10 years for Daily Table.

Doug Rauch, Founder and Board Chair participated in a discussion with community leaders about solutions to Dallas' food access problems

The Dallas Morning News

United Way of Metropolitan Dallas hosted on Thursday a summit on the persistent challenges of and innovative solutions to food insecurity in Dallas. Texas is one of the most food-insecure states – and for the first time, the Lone Star State leads the nation in the number of food-insecure residents.

May 18, 2024

Chang Shing Tofu is moving its manufacturing from cramped Cambridge to spacious Stoughton

Cambridge Day

At Daily Table in Central Square, Chang Shing Tofu remains the only tofu brand the company carries. Georgia Ferguson, Daily Table’s director of procurement, said the company remains the cheapest option for the company and consumers. “Chang Shing Tofu has been a part of our business from early on,” Ferguson said. “They’ve just really cared about our mission and always stuck with us.”

April 26, 2024

Food inflation is straining wallets. What can we do about it?

WBUR Radio Boston

Daily Table Founder and Board Chair Doug Rauch speaks about inflation, along with other leaders fighting food insecurity.

March 20, 2024

Nonprofit grocery store chain Daily Table appoints Sasha Purpura as its new CEO

MassNonprofit News

Feb 13, 2024

Daily Table Nonprofit Grocery Store Welcomes New CEO Sasha Purpura

Press Release: February 9, 2024

Daily Table, the Boston-based nonprofit grocery store chain committed to providing nutritious and affordable food to communities in need, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Sasha Purpura as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective February 12.

Alternative Nonprofit Grocery Expanding Nationally

The Nonprofit Times

A former food industry executive turned social entrepreneur has a pitch for solving the problem of food insecurity that involves selling the food it rather than giving it away.

It’s a concept that Doug Rauch, founder and president of The Daily Table in Dorchester, Massachusetts, is taking on the road following his startup of five nonprofit grocery stores in inner-city neighborhoods of the Boston area. The latest one opened four months ago.

February 5, 2024

Daily Table Grocery Store Addresses Food Insecurity in Mattapan with Gift Card Giveaway

Press Release: January 30, 2024

Daily Table and the Highland Street Foundation provide $18,000 of gift cards to Mattapan families through community organizations

City of Cambridge Awards $4.3M to Cambridge Nonprofits through the Cambridge Nonprofit Recovery Fund

City of Cambridge

January 30, 2024

New Nonprofit Grocery Store Daily Table Tackles Food Insecurity in Salem

Northshore Magazine

January 15, 2024

Your guide to food access in Roxbury

Boston.com

December 1, 2023

Save money by shopping at salvage and surplus grocery stores

NBC Boston

November 14, 2023

CityLine: Grocery stores providing accessible, affordable fresh foods

WCVB

September 17, 2023

Daily Table opens fifth location in The Point

The Salem News

September 8, 2023

Daily Table Community Grocer To Open New Store in Salem, MA

Press Release: September 7, 2023

Affordable, nutritious, and delicious: non-profit grocery store to open in the Point in Salem, MA

Daily Table To Open In Salem's Point As Discount Grocery Store

Patch

August 25, 2023

Stratton Student Center officially closes to students and public for renovations

The Tech

April 27, 2023

New Affordable Housing Opens in Mattapan Square

WBZ News Radio

April 25, 2023

New Affordable Housing Opens in Mattapan Square

Boston Globe

April 25, 2023

Daily Table opens new Mattapan Store

Dorchester Reporter

April 5, 2023

Daily Table is now open in Mattapan

Caught in Dot

March 31, 2023

Discount grocer brings bargains to Mattapan

Axios Boston

March 31, 2023

Daily Table Community Grocer Opens New Store in Mattapan

Press Release: March 29, 2023

Affordable, nutritious , and delicious: non-profit grocery store opens at The Loop at Mattapan Station.

6 food justice resources in Boston

BOS Today

March 13, 2023

As food aid program winds down another piece covid era safety net gets snipped away

Boston Globe

March 12, 2023

Denver Building All-in-One Multifamily Community

ConnectCRE

March 6, 2023

Resident-led grocery store, marketplace and affordable housing complex breaks ground in Montbello

Denver7

March 2, 2023

Cambridge Community Foundation awards $513,000 in grants to 68 community organizations

MassNonprofit News

January 1, 2023

Daily Table addresses food insecurity as holidays approach with $15 of free fruit and vegetables

MassNonprofit News

November 23, 2022

Daily Table Grocery Store Addresses Food Insecurity As Holidays Approach

Press Release: November 23, 2022

Daily Table and the Highland Street Foundation provide customers with $15 of free fruits and vegetables.

Here’s how Boston is addressing food insecurity ahead of Thanksgiving

Boston.com

November 14, 2022

Daily Table, a nonprofit community grocer, announces Rob Twyman as new CEO

MassNonprofit News

November 4, 2022

Checking in on grocery prices at check out, bargain shoppers will benefit at three stores

Cambridge Day

September 12, 2022

Cooked: Can we change how we think about food, our planet and ourselves?

WBUR

August 30, 2022

Stop and shop expands efforts combat food insecurity with grove hall wellness space

Boston Globe

August 19, 2022

‘Love Is an Ingredient': Local Lunchbox Program Helps Make Sure Kids Are Fed

NBC Boston

August 11, 2022

White House to hold 1st Hunger Conference since Nixon administration, thanks for McGovern

Telegram

August 10, 2022

Saying YES to Healthy Habits: A Collaboration Between Three Organizations

Building Impact

August 10, 2022

NBCUniversal Announces $3.475 Million in Project Innovation Grants To 90 Non-Profits

NBCUniversal

July 13, 2022

Comcast, NBC/Telemundo Stations Award $3.475M in Equity & Inclusion Grants

TV Technology

July 13, 2022

Daily Table market set to open in Mattapan Station this summer

Dorchester Reporter

February 17, 2022

Boston expands online ordering for federal food aid programs

Boston Globe

February 9, 2022

NGA teams with grocers in ‘food as medicine’ video projects

Supermarket News

February 8, 2022

About Fresh Expands ‘Fresh Connect’ Program by Partnering with Daily Table and Healthcare Organizations to Increase Access to Fresh Food in Massachusetts

Press Release: October 26, 2021

Program participants will now be able to use Fresh Connect cards at Daily Table stores and at About Fresh “Fresh Truck” locations

A prescription for...food...debit card program enables doctors to help patients buy healthy groceries

Boston Globe

October 25, 2021

Boston doubles down on Double Up Food Bucks

Boston.com

September 19, 2021

Gift cards to shop at Daily Table in Central Square distributed through nonprofits by Food For Free

Cambridge Day

March 17, 2021

Daily Table vs. Formaggio? Comparing prices among staples brings results you might expect

Cambridge Day

March 3, 2021

The pandemic revealed our food system is broken. We can fix it.

Boston Globe

March 2, 2021

Daily Table Named “Champion in Action” for Covid-19 Relief

NECN

January 26, 2021

Daily Table plans January opening in Central with mission of affordable, healthy groceries

Cambridge Day

November 16, 2020

Grocery store workers, know that you are making a difference

Boston Globe

June 18, 2020

How to help - and how to find help - for those experiencing hunger this summer

Boston Globe

June 9, 2020

Passing savings onto customers

WCVB

October 10, 2019

It Happens Here: Fields Corner Grocery Store Fights Hunger With Unique Model

WBZ

August 9, 2019

Can this Boston grocery store change the way we eat?

Boston Globe

March 2, 2018

Waste not, hunger not

Boston Globe

June 13, 2015