The report was conducted at a time when food security was bad in Hawaiʻi. But now, advocates say, it’s even worse.

Malia Andrews likes to have snacks on hand for when her three grandkids visit her but food is a constant stressor for the Salt Lake resident, who on Monday was shopping at Walmart on Ke’eaumoku Street.

Her cart was far from full. It had two single-serve boxes of rice and some soda, with plenty of space for the bread, milk, juice and cereal she planned to pull from the shelves.

“The prices are higher, and we have to really stretch our food,” Andrews said. “Toward the end of the month, we’re getting to the nitty gritty.”

According to a newly released report , Andrews is part of an alarming increase in households prone to hunger. More than a third of Hawaiʻi households with

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