POCATELLO – A festival celebrating Greek food and culture will return with some elements added for the first time this year.

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Pocatello is holding its annual Greek Festival from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Saturday. The festival, which has continued to attract thousands of people to the courtyard of the historic church year after year, will introduce some new menu items and checkout procedures to speed up the lines.

Adding the barcodes is the church’s newest measure to speed up the pace of the long lines leading to the festival, which often extend blocks away from the church. All that volunteers will have to do to charge for a pastry, which they’ve pre-packaged, is scan the item.

“All that the cashier has to do is zap it and

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