Lift carts whiz around corners and dart down long aisles, where 30-foot steel shelves full of boxes tower above. Beeping and buzzing, they push pallets of bananas and beans, canned goods and condiments to loading bays where trucks load up and deliver the food to local food pantries.

With the holidays approaching, it's high season at the Greater Boston Food Bank. But this year is even busier than usual. A spike in demand from the recent reduction in SNAP food benefits has yet to abate, even though most SNAP payments have resumed . And many expect the need for emergency food will continue to climb.

"This is just the beginning," says warehouse lead Adrian James, driving out of the cooler with another full pallet. "Who knows how bad it could get. That's the scary part."

GBFB staff have

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