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- The client choice food pantry model is a critical part of a community’s efforts to end hunger – not only does it make it easy for the pantry to use a food bank, but having the opportunity to choose their own food gives the people being served a sense of dignity and control, limits waste (since they tend not to take food they won’t use), and allows them to tailor the help they receive to be the best possible fit for their own unique situation.
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Client choice food pantries are the perfect companion to food banks, as their flexible structure allows them to accept a wide array of products to offer their clients, rather than trying to always keep the same exact few things in stock.
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For your clients: Provides a sense of dignity which can positively impact their confidence level. Provides the opportunity to acquire and exercise skills in budgeting. Ensures that clients get the types of food their families need, enjoy and will use.
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What is a Client Choice Pantry? A Client Choice Pantry allows clients to select their own food instead of receiving a pre-packed or standard bag of groceries. With this method, clients do not have to take items they already have, do not like, or cannot eat for health or personal reasons. Why give clients a choice?
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In a traditional food pantry, clients are offered a bag or box of preselected items with limited opportunity to exchange or select items. Client-choice models, however, allow clients to select their own items.
Promotes dignity, respect and self-efficacy Allowing clients to choose their own foods provides a more dignified shopping experience, respects the fact that clients have unique preferences and needs and empowers clients to make decisions for themselves. Reduces waste When preselected items are offered to clients, food is often wasted or bartered be...
A variety of client-choice pantry models exists. Consider your pantry’s capacity and your clients’ needs when choosing your client-choice layout and organizational system. Supermarket model Food is arranged on shelves. Clients walk through the space like a supermarket and take food off shelves according to pantry guidelines. The pantry’s entire sto...
Points system Every item in the pantry is assigned a point value. Points often relate to the item’s cost (as it would in a grocery store) but can also be based on an item’s nutritional value. Clients are allotted points based on factors such as household size and are allowed to choose items that fall within their point allotment. Considerations: Po...
Volunteer-client interactions Volunteers should be trained in pantry operations, how to discuss clients’ needs and how to approach and discuss sensitive topics. They should also be aware of the cultural diversity that may exist among pantry clients. Client ability Client ability, such as if clients are visually impaired or have physical disabilitie...
In addition to adopting a client-choice pantry model, pantries can offer other support to clients to encourage them to make healthier choices and to better impact their long-term food security. Hold food demonstrations Conduct food demonstrations regularly to teach clients food preparation skills and show them how to incorporate the items they rece...
Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank Client Choice Pantry Handbook https://www.akroncantonfoodbank.org/sites/default/files/Choice-Pantry-Handbook_May2012.pdf Houston Food Bank Client Choice Handbook https://www.houstonfoodbank.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/PartnerServices_PartnerClientChoice-pdf.pdf The Power of Nudges: Making the Healthy Choice the Ea...
Ali, S., Yan, S., Gunen, B., Adams, L., Gu, Y., Poirer, L., Craig, H., Regan, T., and Gittlesohn, J. (2019). Associations Between Food Pantry Size and Foods Received by Clients in Baltimore City (P04-031-19).Community and Public Health Nutrition, 3. An, R., Wang, J., Liu, J., Shen, J., Loehmer, E., and McGaffrey, J. (2019). A systematic review of f...
The pantry needs to be large enough to safely accommodate clients shopping, often while pushing a small cart. One of the great advantages of the Grocery Model is that the food storeroom and the place where clients choose their food are able to be one and the same.
Jun 12, 2023 · Most pantries that move to client choice report an overall improvement in operations, despite worries about perceived barriers. Letting food pantry clients choose their own food is widely accepted as a dignified way to distribute charitable food.
This brief guide shares learnings from food banks to assist partner agencies in implementing client choice programs. TABLE OF CONTENTS. ⤑⤑ Elements of a successful program. ⤑ Benefits of offering choice. ⤑ Client choice tips. ⤑ Client choice practices. Relaunching choice models.
