LRB in the News

We are exploring our call to be The Church in the City through our 2023 Lenten series and devotional, but what does it mean for an individual to actually do this? Two of our members shared how they have been called to live their Christian lives in the world.

Online customers can browse LRB’s website for a variety of fresh food and everyday staples, and upon checkout they can use their EBT card, while in-store SNAP customers can double every dollar spent on fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables.

Since opening his doors last year, Newman has also challenged himself to address other issues often correlated with poor food access, such as high rates of obesity and a dearth of healthful food options. He started a meal kit program to tackle nutrition and food education. Each month, Little Red Box publishes a recipe card for a healthy meal, curates the ingredients and offers chef’s notes on how to best prepare the meal in partnership with the national nonprofit Cooking Matters.

Little Red Box Grocery is doing big things. Founded by H-E-B veteran and nonprofit leader Samuel Newman, the independent small-format grocer in Houston’s Second Ward aims to improve accessibility to affordable foods while engaging and empowering the community, which had been considered a food desert.

In an effort to provide more access to healthy foods in the Second Ward, a USDA-designated food desert, Cooking Matters and Little Red Box Grocery (LRB) have teamed up to create a menu of affordable meal kits with various recipe options for residents and families in East End Houston. Currently, 1 in 5 kids face hunger in Texas and as the holiday season approaches, food-insecure children face an increased risk of going hungry due to the gap in school meal accessibility.