Food Industry Donations

Products We Accept

Distressed, Surplus, Unsaleable
Each year, billions of pounds of safe food and grocery products are pulled off grocery store shelves and removed from circulation. Without intervention, these items would be thrown away and wasted. But with 1 in 9 individuals struggling with hunger in North Dakota and western Minnesota, corporations need to stop dumping products that are still healthy and safe for consumption. With the help of our partners, the Great Plains Food Bank can put these products in the hands of those who need them.

Helping You Helping Us
If your organization deals with distressed or surplus product, we can help your bottom line while supporting people in need.

As a Great Plains Food Bank partner you receive:

• Liability protection

• Savings in storage and inventory, transportation, and dumping costs

• Free product pick-up from any location in the United States

• Pickup and tracking of product from all of your customer facilities

• Complete product tracking and recall capabilities

• A possible reduction in your tax bill

• High standards of operation established and inspected by FMI and GMA

• Enhanced public image

• National and local presence

• The ability to help thousands of hungry people in North Dakota and western Minnesota

Donation Process
Contact the Great Plains Food Bank (telephone/email) with the following information:

• Product location and address, contact name, and phone number

• Product description

• Current condition of product

• Total number of cases and/or pallets available

• Case weights and configuration/number of cases per pallet

• Transportation and storage specifics (dry, refrigerated, frozen)

• Reason for donation (code date issue, unlabeled, etc.)

• Contact name and address for person receiving the receipt

• Extended shelf-life if product is out of or close to code

To donate product, fresh or shelf stable (distressed or surplus) in any amount, please contact:
Andrew Flory, Food Resource Manager
701-476-9134