# Ask the food pantry volunteer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-food-pantry-volunteer/677163>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 25, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-food-pantry-volunteer/677163 "2013-12-25T20:01:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-food-pantry-volunteer/677163/61 "2014-01-16T05:09:06Z")

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> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> Just wanted to ask again because I think you missed it, but can you tell us what type of foods you get a lot of that you don’t really need much more of? And also, what do you guys want more of that nobody ever seem to donate? Thanks!

Someone on another board said her family had to go to a food pantry a couple times after her father unexpectedly died when she was a teenager, and what did they always get in abundance? Marinades. :rolleyes: As if they would have used them anyway!

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