Donate Food

Do you want to donate food to Feeding San Diego? Feeding San Diego partners with a range of businesses to rescue food, including grocery stores, retailers, farms, packing sheds, manufacturers, food distributors, convenience stores, restaurants, caterers, and hotels.

We also accept donations from individuals through food drives and Instacart Community Carts.

Are you a food business or a farm?

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Are you interested in starting a food drive?

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Other Ways to Donate Food to Feeding San Diego

Donate Non-Perishable Items

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We accept non-perishable items, such as dry or canned goods, at our distribution center. You can bring items to donate to our Sorrento Valley location during business hours.

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Donate
Fresh Items

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We cannot accept perishable items at our distribution center. However, we have many partners who can accept fresh items! Our Find Food map can help you locate a partner near you.

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Donate Fruits and Vegetables

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If you have produce from a garden or fruit trees, we recommend contacting a local group that can help you harvest and donate them properly.

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Instacart Community Carts

You can donate some of our most-needed food items from the comfort of your own home using Instacart Community Carts. Simply purchase the items through your Instacart account and they’ll deliver everything for you!

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FAQs

The first step to organizing a food drive for Feeding San Diego is to fill out our Food Drive Request Form here. Once you do so, our team can provide you with information about the items we need most and tips for making your food drive as successful as possible. Learn more about starting a food drive.

Donating money is the best way for individuals to support Feeding San Diego’s mission. Buying a single can of food at the grocery store costs more than a dollar. Our food rescue model means that every dollar you donate to Feeding San Diego helps provide two meals to the community. While food drives and donating food are still great ways to help, we recommend considering donating funds or starting a fundraiser instead!

The first step to joining Feeding San Diego’s network of food donors is to sign up for MealConnect, an app that makes it easy for food producers to donate excess food to Feeding San Diego. If you have questions about how to get started, you can reach out to our food rescue team at fooddonation@feedingsandiego.org.

Yes! Feeding San Diego has the tools to make compliance with SB 1383 easy for your business. We can arrange regular pick-ups of surplus food and assist with reporting to make sure your logs meet requirements. Learn more about complying with SB 1383.

We can only accept fruit that was harvested properly. You can reach out to a local gleaning group like ProduceGood, Senior Gleaners, or San Diego Co-Harvest for help with harvesting extra fruit from your trees.

Still have questions?

Reach out to us using the form below. A member of our team will be in touch once we process your request.

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DIGITAL FOOD DONOR WALL

Feeding San Diego is grateful to our food donors for their generosity in our fiscal year 2023 (between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023).

1,000,000 – 9,999,999 Pounds

Albertsons
Amazon
Costco Wholesale
Sprouts Farmers Market
Target
Walmart

500,000 – 999,999 Pounds

Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce
Ralphs
Smart & Final
Trader Joe’s

250,000 – 499,999 Pounds

Aldi
Dole Fresh Fruits
Farmlink
Feeding America

100,000 – 249,999 Pounds

Alpine Fresh Inc.
Arizona Food Bank Network
Big Lots
Coast Citrus
Del Rey Avocados
Food 4 Less
Gelson’s
Organics Unlimited
Otay Mesa Produce
Sam’s Club
Starbucks

50,000 – 99,999 Pounds

Bimbo Bakeries
Canteen San Diego
Chosen Foods LLC
Conagra Consolidated
Frank Donio Inc.
Henry Avocado
Hollandia Dairy
Jimbo’s Naturally
Kellogg
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Pinos Produce
Restaurant Depot
Second Harvest Food Bank of the Greater Valley
The Produce Exchange
Whole Foods Market
Wilson Produce
Winco Foods

25,000 – 49,999 Pounds

Anye Produce
Barilla America, Inc
Boochcraft
Cabot Creamery Co-Operative
Calavo
Coca-Cola North America
De La Calle
El Super
Flowers Foods
Franks Distributing of Produce
Ganfer Fresh, LLC
General Mills
GoPuff
Malibu Mylk
Melon Corp
Pacific International Trading Group
Produce Good
San Carlos Oriental Produce
Scripps Mercy Hospital
Second Harvest Orange County
Stump’s Family Marketplace
SunOpta
Tawa Supermarkets
US Foods