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Needy turn to Caritas shops more often

This content was published on Mar 6, 2008 Purchases at the shops reached a record SFr4.2 million ($4.08 million) in 2007, up 51 per cent over the previous year. Caritas said the figures showed that “poverty is on the rise in Switzerland and that without the products on offer in the grocery stores, many families could not satisfy their basic needs”. The organisation,…