RICHMOND – Vehicles line up hours early and stretch out several blocks deep along North Shaw Street to wait on free food day in front of the Salvation Army Family Store and Donation Center. There will be food for all, but demand exceeds supply, store director Phillip Powers said. From spring into July during the coronavirus pandemic, food distribution had increased in Richmond to once a week and averaged more than 800 people served. During the period, people from Excelsior Springs, Hardin, Orrick and elsewhere came to Richmond seeking food because distribution centers in those cities had closed. “We were the only one in the area doing it,” Powers said. Centers have since reopened and distribution is back to every second and fourth Friday in Richmond, but ‘ the city rate did not fall because there is less need for food, he said. “We served 982 people in the last sitting,” Powers said, followed by another 866 Sept. 11. “The need has not necessarily dwindled. … Our need’s still up…