Retail Pick-up
The Brazos Valley Food Bank proudly participates in Feeding America’s Retail Pick Up Program, a program developed to help reduce the amount of salvageable food ending up in the nation’s landfills. The Brazos Valley Food Bank, operating under strict guidelines, works with local retailers H-E-B, Kroger, Target, Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club to pick up food that is safely transported in refrigerated trucks utilizing proper food safety handling procedures, then carefully processed and distributed to partner agencies.
Corporate Donations
The Brazos Valley Food Bank gladly accepts donations from food industry wholesalers and processors. – donations such as Perishable, dry or bulk foods that are:
- Damaged labels or mislabeled
- Surplus food
- Production overruns
- Discounted Brands
- Discontinued items
- Off specification items
- Cosmetically damaged items (some restrictions apply)
- Close-dated items
- Refrigerated product such as eggs, milk, and yogurt that are not expired
- Frozen meats, vegetables and entrees (frozen before the sell by date)
- Meat and venison from USDA inspected facilities
- Various past “best if used by” dated products
If you are interested in donating or have questions about what can be donated, please contact rhondab@bvfb.org