FreshDirect is set to roll out two changes that promise to make its grocery delivery services accessible throughout the Bronx, but critics of the company’s planned relocation to Mott Haven continue to be unmoved.
The company will announce Friday that it’s set to become the first New York grocer approved to accept food stamps as payment over the Internet.
FreshDirect will also announce Friday that it will now accept delivery orders from every ZIP code in the Bronx.
The news comes amid debate over the approval of public subsidies for the company to build its new headquarters in the impoverished South Bronx.
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