Inexpensive canned food
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Anonymous
| Where do you buy inexpensive canned food for food drives? I find that the best prices are less than $.50 per can, but that's sometimes difficult to find without a sale and/or coupons. I would like to buy a few flats of cans for upcoming food drives. Thanks! |
Anonymous
| I usually go with the sale/coupon approach. I try not to go too cheap on the products. I also suggest looking at the charities wish list. Ere are plenty of non food items wanted. |
Anonymous
| Aldis |
Anonymous
| Why not buy food you would actually eat yourself? Or make a ash donation to the food bank. Donating gross food to poor people so your kid can win a contest is a shitty lesson for the kids that poor people don't deserve or value respect. |
Anonymous
Ugh, this was my thought too, but OP did say she wanted to buy a few FLATS and in my book, that is pretty generous. There are plenty of great and cheap canned goods that I would use myself- diced tomatoes, evaporated milk, these don't need to be expensive. I would not eat the cheaper fruit cans because they are with syrup, and that is not good in anyone's diet. So, OP, if you get flats of tomatoes and milk, I will get smaller quantities of good fruit for my canned good drives, and it should all balance out. |
Anonymous
Why does inexpensive mean gross? Or disrespectful? |
Anonymous
i agree. She's not saying it's food she wouldn't eat, she wants it to be inexpensive because she's buying a lot. Geez, you guys manage to find fault in even this generous move. SMH. |
Anonymous
| Costco? |
Anonymous
Thx for the suggestion. I checked there last weekend but it's mostly the huge cans and the regular sized cans are not a good price. I would rather not buy the huge cans. |
Anonymous
| I find the beans at Costco are a good price. |
Anonymous
I like their green beans. I agree that I only buy food I would eat myself, so no tuna from a weird brand. |
Anonymous
This is a silly test. I donate plenty of food that I would never eat myself that is specifically requested by the food bank. |
Anonymous
| Definitely Aldi. They have good quality beans, tomatoes, corn ect. all for about 50-70 cents a can. |
Anonymous
I was thinking the same thing. Notmally what i do os ask the food pantey whatbis MOST needed. Usually the answer is chefboyrdee, easy mac, black beans, canned tuna (salmon/chicken), peanut butter, shelf stable milk, and instant oatmeal, so o head off to costo and pick up a few cases of whatbis USEFUL. |
Anonymous
Which food pantry? |