Thank you JD. I am glad you are one of the many who provide to the pantries in your location. However, I am not really about to try and suggest how they might do a better job. The food that's given through pantries isn't intended to be mainstay you know, it's designed as a supplement. As such, if I get a loaf of white bread and a bag of white rice, it might be bad for me as a diabetic and bad in general because of white carbs - however if it is supplementing say, a beef roast I already have, then it's far better right?

The problem arises when there's nothing else to put the rice and bread with... and that's not the pantry's fault. It's mine or the government food stamp allowance amount, whichever you'd care to blame. Either way, I'm not about to tell someone who's already being generous and loving toward me that I know a better way to do the job.