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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always buy generic for myself, but I always buy name brands for food banks and contributions. The reason is that I had a friend in college who had grown up poor enough to use a food bank regularly and he said that this was something kids always noticed about food bank food--they weren't "good enough" to deserve the brand names.

On an entire Thanksgiving meal for a family of 8 this might add $20 to the price. That's fine with me.

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A common enough attitude, as you can see in this thread. Makes you wonder why some people even do charity if they’re going to be so judgmental about the people things are going to (and the hands it passes through on the way there as well…)[/quote]

Maybe the food banks need to change their mission and rebrand a bit because it doesn't seem to be about feeding people and more to do with making the donees feel rich for a day, or something. Food is food.[/quote]
+1 I think there is a big disconnect and food banks need to rebrand as helping people feel better and they will only accept branded products and give a list of brands. That will be more useful than saying help feed the hungry which the recipients obviously are not![/quote]

Most people would not be interested in donating to that. Most want to ensure others are not going hungry. When many MC and UMC but various generic brands themselves they are not going to prioritize donating name brand products they may not even buy in their own homes. [/quote]

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