Our Food
Feeding America San Diego distributes 1.5 million pounds of food a month. Roughly 500,000 pounds of food Feeding America San Diego distributes each month comes from outside San Diego County. We are able to obtain this product through our affiliation with Feeding America which works with large corporate donors such as Kraft, Kellogg, ConAgra and General Mills to secure food and grocery products on a national level.
Local grocery stores and retailers such as Ralphs, Food4Less, Albertsons, Wal-Mart, Target, and Sams Club donate about 450,000 pounds of perishable food each month though our Fresh Rescue program.
The California Association of Food Banks provides us with roughly 125,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables each week to distribute through our Produce, Farm2Kids, BackPack and Community Food Distribution programs.
To supplement food donation and ensure a nutritous assortment of product, Feeding America San Diego purchases 100,000 pounds of food each month.
The rest of the food we distributed is received from individuals and corporations that have hosted a food drive.