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\"With inflation, it’s just crazy, people who haven’t had to focus on grocery prices are coming up to me and saying, 'I am noticing these crazy jumps at the grocery store just to buy what I normally buy,'\" Lenarz-Coy said.

The Food Group program is open to everyone, no registration required, and she said participation has almost doubled since January.

\"The grocery stores are getting to be so outrageous,\" said Kathy Testa, a St. Paul resident and Twin Cities Mobile Market customer.

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Terrell Hadley, who also shops from the Twin Cities Mobile Market, added, \"This makes it easier to hold on to the finances at the end of every month. I think it’s the greatest thing going on right now.\"

According to the Veggie Van Training Center, a nonprofit that supports local and regional food systems help start, expand and improve mobile produce market programs, mobile markets like The Food Group are on the rise.

The Veggie Van Training Center was recently awarded a USDA grant to expand their training center and coalition.

\"This really is an effort to harness resources, networking, and really try to advocate for sustained funding and policy support at all levels,\" Leah Vermont, assistant director of Veggie Van's partnerships, told \"GMA.\"

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