How NYC’s most important food hub is still keeping the city fed (Via EaterNY)
First, the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered New York City’s restaurants and bars. Then, the virus came for the suppliers, too.
Master Purveyors is just one of the many essential food supply chain businesses facing these challenges in the South Bronx, in thein the country, with a median income well below the poverty line. It’s a part of the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, the largest hub of its type in the world. : Of the 1,860 people working at the Terminal Produce Market, for example, 52 have tested positive for the virus as of April 21. No businesses there have closed due to COVID-19.“Hunts Point is the engine that feeds the city,” says Vinny Pacifico, CEO of Vista Food Exchange, which distributes poultry, pork, beef, produce, and seafood out of the Cooperative Market. “We’ve been very fortunate in Hunts Point and the meat market because we took early precautions.
In the early morning hours, long before the sun comes out, Baldor’s fleet of 350 trucks springs to life, pulling into the mothership’s dozens of loading docks to collect the day’s deliveries. The refrigerated trucks, meant to hold up to 12 pallets for bulk orders, do not have internal racking systems for anything smaller.
Carlos Sanchez makes notes of all the food he has given away on credit. “We’re not making no money around here, papi,” he said.
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