My neighborhood has a little free food pantry that I fill weekly. Problem is, I’ve been finding it difficult to provide a well-rounded variety of foods. Fresh fruit and veg are not allowed.

Any ideas for items I can stock? I try to keep each item under $2 to get the most bang for my buck.

My go-tos are:
*Rice.
*Oats.
*Beans, dried and canned (these usually go slowly)
*Baking mixes, flour, sugar, yeast.
*Canned veggies.
*Condensed soup.
*Oil.
*Evaporated milk.
*Condiments.
*Canned chicken, tuna, and salmon.
*Applesauce.
*Spices.

Thanks ahead of time for any ideas. Can’t seem to get the formatting working on mobile but you get the gist.

  • KitOP
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    2 days ago

    Both awesome ideas! I’ve been thinking of doing birthday cake kits with box mix, icing, oil, and candles and they would just need eggs. Expanding that to lentil meal kits would be perfect. I can imagine that someone getting off of a long shift could just grab it and make a nice dinner without much thought.

    I think I could make little packages of nuts. I’d need to figure out a way to seal them to prevent tampering.