They don't want to take me a short distance. With Shoppin' for Seniors, Shunkwiler said, she places her grocery order on Fridays and her groceries are delivered the following Tuesday. He's very nice. Seniors founder Green said he started the service about nine years ago when he saw a need not being met. The service currently has an exclusive arrangement with Stater Bros. Markets.
Clients pay for the groceries, but delivery is free.
However, with limited funds, adding a new program would invariably mean cutting an existing program that also provides an important service, Ford said. Other worthwhile programs such as Project Sister and Computers for Kids also failed to win grants, Ford noted. Shoppin' for Seniors is free to apply next year when the city again considers awarding grants. One thing that might help its case would be to offer cut-rate prices to the senior shoppers, Ford said. Ford also questioned Shoppin's exclusive arrangement with Stater Bros. Shoppin' for Seniors also might have hurt its case when it appeared to misrepresent the number of other government agencies Green claimed were funding the program.