FOODBANK ITEMS a guide.

TheEdge949

Hi all,
It's become apparent that some of you guys contribute to local foodbank collections, which is totally amazing. Thank You.
However I just thought that a list of the catergories that we use to distribute the food may help reduce the instances of waste.

The categories are as follows;-

Cereal
Soup
Beans / Spaghetti
Tomatoes
Pasta sauce
Vegetables
Meat
Fish
Dessert
Biscuits
Pasta / Rice
Tea / Coffee
Fruit Juice
Potatoes / instant mash
Long Life Milk
Sweets/ choc etc/ jam
Savoury ie Pot Noodle / savoury rice
Personal products. toothbrushes/ sanitary products etc

Many people still donate sugar which we are not allowed to give due to health implications and as a final thing where possible try to make tins ring pull as many of our clients dont have a tin opener.

Many thanks for your time.

Mark

rabdeniro

Oor local Tescos has got big box as you come out the store to put things in, we usually buy extra pasta, soup and biscuits and just fling it in on the way out.

dragon1964

Thanks @TheEdge949 for the useful list of items.

As @rabdeniro says, many supermarkets have those boxes beyond the tills.
Unfortunately I nearly always forget about them until I see them and it's too late.

Thanks to this thread and the post by @SR23, I am going to make an extra effort whenever I go.
It won't be much, but 1 or 2 items each time is better than nothing.

And now I have posted this, I can't let everyone down, can I?


I know many around this forum do many wonderful things for charity, publicly and privately, and I just love it when people come together to help others.

More goodwill, less hate.

TheEdge949

Dragon you say it wont be much. 1 or 2 tins each time. That is exactly what the concept is about. If every shopper donated 1 item a week then foodbanks would be able to operate more effeciently and really impact upon those in crisis.

The foodbanks in my area are operated by a very well supported charity but even as recently as three weeks ago our stocks were depleted to the point where the 8 of us volunteering all chipped in £5 and the Church chucked in another £50 and the supervisor had to do a Tescos run so we could fulfil all the vouchers. No way are we not sending people away without their full quota.

Its getting worse now as Universal Credit really starts to impact upon those most in need and its not just those who are homeless or on benefits. Many families are coming to us who 2/3 years ago would have been well above the poverty zone. They are embarrassed (absolutely no need to be), scared (they have to choose between keeping the roof over their families heads or feeding them) and bewildered (how has this happened)

I guess what Im trying to say is NEVER underestimate the difference 1 or 2 tins will make.

Sorry guys n gals I didnt mean for this to become a crusade or suchlike. I just tend to let my passion for social justice get in the way sometimes.

Mark

Tikay10

Fabulous to see this thread here.

Well done @TheEdge949 , ditto @dragon1964 & @rabdeniro.

Same applies to @SR23 on a different thread.

I've never done foodbank stuff, except at Christmas, as it never really occurred to me.

I've not got that excuse now.