What is a Community Food Center?

What it means to be a Community Food Center

Gather’s move to 124 Heritage Avenue in Portsmouth will allow us to expand our reach, increase efficiency, and offer even more resources to our community. Here’s how:

Pantry Market

What’s New

  • Spacious indoor waiting area

  • ADA-accessible entry/exit doors and bathroom

  • Motorized shopping cart for easier mobility

  • Expanded shopping area

  • A new private meeting room that allows our staff to help you connect with other community resources

What We Offer

  • High-quality proteins

  • Fresh and local produce

  • Staple dairy items

  • Nonperishable goods and personal care

  • A variety of premade meals

What Stays the Same

  • Membership process remains unchanged

  • Volunteer support during the shopping experience

  • Pantry hours

Mobile Markets & Fresh Food Bus

  • With six loading docks, our new central location allows for quicker and more efficient loading/unloading of food

  • More streamlined operations at mobile distribution sites across the region

Prepared Meals

  • Available daily at our new Pantry Market, which will include a large waiting area with refrigerated cases for meals

  • Now produced more efficiently in our state-of-the-art commercial kitchen

Frequently Asked Questions.

  • When we first open our hours will remain the same. We will be exploring the possibility of offering additional hours to accommodate different schedules once we relocate. More to come!

  • Our goal is to make your shopping experience easier! You will enjoy more room to shop, an indoor waiting area, and separate, ADA-accessible entry and exit doors.

  • No, you will NOT have to register again if you are already registered as a Gather member.

  • No, the Mobile Market and Fresh Food Bus schedules will not change at this point in time.

    Please continue to check our website and social media for schedules.

  • Route 41 will go to Gather on weekdays at the following times:

    10:27am

    11:27am

    12:27pm

    1:27pm (pick-up only)

  • We will share new programming opportunities once we are fully relocated to the new space. These will be communicated on this website and across the following channels:

    • Gather social media accounts

      • Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn

    • Printed flyers

      • Distributed at the Pantry Market, Mobile Markets, and Fresh Food Bus

    • Other social service agencies and community partners

  • Nope! Please call (603) 436 0641 as usual.

  • Only service animals are allowed while shopping.

  • Please reach out to us via email at info@gathernh.org

  • Beginning October 6th, members can shop at one Gather Market of their choice, PER WEEK. For example, one week a member may choose to shop at our Pantry Market, another week shopping at a mobile market may be an easier option.