Originally Posted by
gaobest
Does anyone else have burnout of pandemic food joys? Maybe just my family :-)
4 glass jars? One jar per client? They have hundreds of clients. When my family and I volunteered with My future in-laws at Marin food bank, every client gets the SAME THING per table which means that they have caseloads of things per session. Then the client goes to the next table. Each client is vetted with the food bank. My friend is a Ed at a food bank in San Carlos or somewhere in the peninsula and also wants pallets of individual items and not loose amounts of an item. Their donors are warehouses, not individuals. You worked in the food industry - do you really not know that food banks work on warehouse level and not retail level? These aren’t shops in San Francisco plus of course if they were shops then they’d probably get burgled :-)
One food bank's rules are far from a universal policy.
We contribute to 3 different ones in our community. If it's a non-perishable item not past its "Best By" date, they're delighted to have it, even if it is a single can of a particular item. People are hungry, even in the "nice" suburbs. Periodically I clean out the cupboards and come across things that are still well within their lifespan but time has shown we are unlikely to eat, so off to the food bank they go. One place is always grateful for gluten-free items as the demand for those far exceeds their supply.