On October 29, 2021, FreshDirect, a division of Ahold Delhaize and charitable partner, NY Common Pantry, hosted a roll-out event in celebration of the launch of the new NY Common Pantry Mobile Pantry. From left to right: Stephen Grimaldi, executive director of NY Common Pantry; Dave Bass, managing director of FreshDirect; newly elected Bronx Borough president, Vanessa Gibson; New York City Council member Diana Ayala, District 8; New York State Senator Jamaal T. Bailey, District 36; and Kevin VanHook, executive director of the Episcopal Charities of New York.
