Dutch Supermarket Gives Away Food To The Needy

Posted on February 24, 2016 

The supermarket is located in an improvised area of the Netherlands and is staffed by volunteers. It makes money by selling grocery items to customers who can afford them. It does not get any government subsidy.

Food and Wine reports:

Swingmarket, located in one of Amsterdam’s poorest neighborhoods, is a nonprofit grocery store that covers its expenses by catering to paying customers while also giving food away for free. “Fruit, vegetables and bread are free, everything marked with orange dots is free, the rest is sold,” Marij de Ronde explained to The Daily Beast. Beyond the freebies, customers can also apply to shop with a free card that, unlike SNAP benefits in the U.S., comes from the store, not the government. Swingmarket reviews customers’ applications, analyzing their finances and decides who it can help, providing additional credit to shop on top of the already free items.

The store is able to keep costs down by working directly with wholesalers to grab excess stock, as well as by accepting donations that are given away for free. All the employees are volunteers. They even keep the heat turned off to save cash. But all these measures prevent the need for any government intervention—like some sort of libertarian fantasy.

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