Don't donate canned goods to food banks (2017)

Re:Don't donate canned goods to food banks (2017) by rtkwe on Monday July 15, 2019 @02:37PM (#20443757)

If you're worried about that look up the charity's pay filings. Most are very efficient at distributing donations into services and pay very little as a percentage they take in. If you live in a reasonably large city chances are good there are multiple charities that give 95-97%+ of their donations out again in services.

Even if they don't reach that lofty level it's hard to beat a 5x multiplier between the money paid for a donated can and the amount a purchaser could get with that money.

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Re:Don't donate canned goods to food banks (2017) by DonHopkins on Monday July 15, 2019 @03:35PM (#20444347)

Then on top of the 5x amount of food argument, there's also the nutritional argument: a jar of Ragu sauce without any pasta or cheese or vegetables isn't a balanced meal. And it's better to spend money on fresh food and vegetables and milk at the time it's needed, than to throw away donated perishables, and only distribute canned food.

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