The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
'They’re taking advantage of us’: Students struggle with high prices at Forbes Street Market

‘They’re taking advantage of us’: Students struggle with high prices at Forbes Street Market

By Marissa Kelley, Senior Staff Writer • February 11, 2025
Rising grocery prices at Forbes Street Market are leaving students and Oakland locals frustrated. Experts weigh in on the economic factors driving the surge and the challenges of affordable campus shopping.
A member of Food Recovery Heroes scoops leftover food into a container.

Food locker to be added in Towers, intended to combat food insecurity on campus

By Spencer Levering, Senior Staff Writer • September 15, 2023
Pitt is installing food lockers in the Towers lobby. The lockers will store free Eatery meals to students who are food insecure, as well as provide a temperature-controlled location for Transact Mobile and Forbes Street Market orders to be delivered.
The Allegheny County Health Department cited Pitt’s Forbes Street Market for two low-risk health code violations on Monday.

Forbes Street Market cited for two low-risk health code violations

By Jon Moss, News Editor • January 6, 2020
The Allegheny County Health Department cited Pitt’s Forbes Street Market for two health code violations Monday.
An employee at Forbes St. Market weighs cheese on the deli’s scale.

Forbes Street Market draws price competitions

By Dylan Giacobbe, Staff Writer • November 26, 2018
Among different grocery store selections, the recently opened Forbes Street Market had some differences among prices. The Pitt News looks at these differences by comparing the newly opened store with other grocery stores near campus.
The University stocks several fruits and vegetables in the pop-up grocery store that opened in the old New Balance storefront on Monday.

Not a mirage: Oakland no longer food desert

By Hannah Schneider, Assistant News Editor • September 24, 2018
The Grocery Pop-Up opened yesterday in the old New Balance storefront on Forbes Avenue, marking the end of a drought on campus since the closing of the IGA.
Pitt will open a pop-up grocery store in the old New Balance storefront at 3810 Forbes Ave. on Sept. 24.

Pitt announces pop-up grocery store

By Hannah Schneider, Assistant News Editor • September 20, 2018
The University of Pittsburgh will open a pop-up grocery store Monday, Sept. 24, according to an email from Panther Central sent Thursday evening.
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