{"id":368419,"date":"2025-11-10T04:33:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T04:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/368419\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T04:33:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T04:33:39","slug":"new-jersey-pizza-shop-offers-free-meals-to-families-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/368419\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey pizza shop offers free meals to families in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">BROWNS MILLS, New Jersey (WPVI) &#8212; Even in uncertain times, the family behind Riccardo&#8217;s Pizza say one thing is for sure: they won&#8217;t allow their neighbors to go hungry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Following the recent government shutdown, they decided to offer free food to anyone in need, no questions asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Since making an <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Riccardospizzabrownsmills\/posts\/pfbid02oDMFpXKLMvPnfwjp8w7haGxXhJ9kysFSABu5mZBNHmaif2HwVjtq9uw4LyXCtUB7l \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement on social media<\/a>, they have received countless calls and messages. Some have asked for help. Others have offered help in the form of donations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Owner Vito Russo says it would be a shame not to reach out to the community after they supported them for 51 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Russo&#8217;s father, Salvatore, immigrated to the United States from Sicily and opened Riccardo&#8217;s Pizza in 1974.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Salvatore still works to this day. His sole job is to make the pizza dough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">All together, three generations of the Russo family are involved in the business. But their co-workers and customers have contributed to one large extended family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They plan to continue offering food assistance, no questions asked, for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;As long as the Good Lord gives me the grace and the opportunity and this platform, we&#8217;ll keep it rocking and rolling,&#8221; said Vito Russo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Anyone interested in learning more can visit the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Riccardospizzabrownsmills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riccardo&#8217;s Pizza Facebook page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/videoClip\/17872740\/?userab=kfsn_web_player-447*variant_b_kfsn_dmp-1861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RELATED: &#8216;Holy Grounds Coffee&#8217; employs adults with special needs in South Jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Job opportunities are brewing for adults with special needs, who proudly roast and package coffee in the halls of St. John of God Community Services.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROWNS MILLS, New Jersey (WPVI) &#8212; Even in uncertain times, the family behind Riccardo&#8217;s Pizza say one thing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":368420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,177859,80820,6973,49089,401,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,177858,177860,7167,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-368419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-browns-mills","10":"tag-burlington-county","11":"tag-food-assistance","12":"tag-government-shutdown","13":"tag-new-jersey","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-pizza-shop","21":"tag-riccardos","22":"tag-snap-benefits","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115523538595807287","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}