SHELF‑STABLE FOOD DONATION GUIDE
Easy‑Open • Ready‑to‑Eat • Microwave‑Friendly (No Cooking Pots or Pans Needed)
READY‑TO‑EAT MEALS (NO CAN OPENER NEEDED)
Pull‑Top Cans
• Campbell’s Chunky Soup
• Progresso Soup
• Wolf/Hormel Chili
Microwaveable Bowls
• Chef Boyardee Bowls
• Annie’s Mac & Cheese Cups
Meal Pouches (Heat Optional)
• Tasty Bite (Indian meals)
• A Dozen Cousins (rice & beans)
• Knorr Rice Cups
• Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice
• Hormel Compleats (Shelf Stable Meals)
PROTEIN ITEMS (EASY‑OPEN / NO CAN OPENER NEEDED)
• Tuna pouches (Starkist, Bumble Bee, Safe Catch)
• Chicken pouches (Bumble Bee, Starkist)
• Peanut butter cups or squeeze packs (Jif To‑Go, Skippy, Justin’s)
• Shelf‑stable sausage (Bridgford, Armour)
• Vienna sausages, pull‑top (Armour, Libby’s)
• Protein bars (Clif, KIND, RXBar, Nature Valley)
• Jerky (Jack Link’s, Oberto)
BREAKFAST ITEMS
• Oatmeal cups (Quaker, Kodiak)
• Granola bars (Nature Valley, Quaker Chewy)
• Shelf‑stable milk boxes (Horizon, Organic Valley)
• Cereal cups (Kellogg’s, General Mills)
FRUITS & VEGETABLES (EASY‑OPEN)
• Fruit cups, pull‑top (Dole, Del Monte)
• Applesauce cups or pouches (Mott’s, GoGo Squeez)
• Vegetable cups, pull‑top (Del Monte Veggieful)
• Dried fruit (Sun‑Maid raisins, Ocean Spray Craisins)
SNACKS & SIDES
• Crackers (Ritz sleeves, Saltines, Wheat Thins)
• Trail mix (Planters, Kirkland)
• Snack bags (Frito‑Lay variety packs)
• Microwave popcorn (Pop Secret, Orville Redenbacher)
DRINKS (SHELF‑STABLE)
• Bottled water
• Gatorade or Powerade
• Juice boxes (Capri Sun, Minute Maid)
• Shelf‑stable coffee drinks (Starbucks Doubleshot, La Colombe)
HELPFUL EXTRAS
• Plastic utensils
• Napkins
• Wet wipes
• Disposable bowls
• Salt & pepper packets
TOP 20 MOST NEEDED ITEMS
1. Tuna pouches
2. Chicken pouches
3. Jif To‑Go peanut butter cups
4. Chef Boyardee microwave bowls
5. Campbell’s Chunky pull‑top soups
6. Progresso pull‑top soups
7. Hormel pull‑top chili
8. Tasty Bite meal pouches
9. A Dozen Cousins rice & beans
10. Quaker oatmeal cups
11. Horizon shelf‑stable milk boxes
12. Dole fruit cups (pull‑top)
13. Mott’s applesauce pouches
14. Clif Bars
15. Nature Valley granola bars
16. Jack Link’s jerky
17. Ritz cracker sleeves
18. Trail mix packs
19. Bottled water
20. Gatorade/Powerade
