Food Suppliers
Food Industry Support:
The Foodbank of Southern California is pleased to accept highly nutritious
food product from manufacturers, wholesalers, retailer, distributors,
restaurants, farmers or other food industry businesses.
The Foodbank accepts items that have not reach expiration. This includes:
Fresh produce- Frozen foods
- Shelf-stable product
- Dairy
- Juice
- Food related inventory from promotions, seasonal merchandise, and national or private-label products.
- Excess food products from trade shows.
The Foodbank cannot accept:
- Product that has been thawed.
- Product removed from its original packaging.
- Repackaged or opened product.
- Prepared food that has been exposed to public self-service.
Safety and Liability:
All food donations are handled in compliance with food safety handling procedures. The Foodbank has a secured warehouse facility that includes both a 2,400 cubic foot walk-in freezer and a large walk-in cooler. The Foodbank’s fleet of trucks, forklifts and other equipment can safely handle donated items. Every donation is weighed and inspected for integrity prior to distribution.
The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act, signed into law by President Clinton in 1996, releases all food donors from liability if the product was given in good faith at the time of donation.
Business Tax Deduction:
The Foodbank provides receipts for all donations.. The 1976 Tax Reform Act allows businesses to deduct the costs associated with donating food to The Foodbank of Southern California. Business should consult with their tax advisors as well as visit the
IRS website for more information on tax deductions for charitable donations.
The Foodbank sincerely thanks the several hundred food donors who have make it possible to feed hundreds of thousands of hungry children, families and seniors every day in the community. The Foodbank is especially appreciative of its Major Food Donors this past year:
- Ag Against Hunger
- Agro Imports
- AJ Parent Corp.
- Albert’s Organic
- Alpha Supporting Services
- Alta Coffee Service
- Americold
- Aqua Blox
- ASR Frozen Foods
- Baby Gourmet
- Big Lots
- C.P. Foods Products
- California Commissary
- Camino Real Kitchens
- CB International
- CDS Produce
- Chang Food Company
- Chiquita Brands
- Chobani Greek Yogurt
- City Foods
- Coca Cola
- Contessa Premium
- CP Foods West
- Crowne Pineapple
- Custom Good
- Diana’s Mexican Food
- Dolores Canning Company
- Doughnut Deli
- Foodlink
- Fortune Produce
- Frito Lay
- Funway Snacks
- Garrison Cold Storage
- Going Native
- Gold Coast Ingredients
- Golden Baked Foods.
- Golden Eagle Distributors
- Gourmet Trading
- Green Mountain Coffee
- H.C. Foods
- Hain Gourmet
- Heritage Fine Foods
- Honeybaked Ham
- IKEA
- Integrated Food Services
- iPura Food Distribution
- Jam N Logistics
- Jessy Lord Bakery
- Jet Blue
- Jordana Cosmetics
- Juanita Foods
- Kelsen
- King Henry’s
- Knight Refrigeration
- L.A. Dream Center
- L.A. Salad
- L.A. Specialty
- Lakeview Farms
- Legacy Foods
- Long Beach Seafood
- Lord Winsor Roasters
- Lucky Farms
- M & M Distributors
- Makoto Dressing
- Maruzen of America
- Mother’s Cookies
- Namar Foods
- Nestle Waters
- Nishimoto Trading Company
- Nissin Foods
- Ogo Pogo Bakery
- Oppenheimer Group
- Oro Verde Organic
- PepsiCo/Tropicana
- Peppered Up Foods
- Perfect Beverage
- Pescaderia Tampica Seafood
- Pilgrim’s Pride
- Pillsbury
- Polly’s Pies
- Preferred Freezers
- PSP International
- Ralph’s Distribution
- Return Inc.
- Robert’s Company
- Safeway
- Salvation Army – Long Beach
- Santa Fe Importers
- Santa Monica Seafood
- Sea Delight
- Sierra Cheese Comany
- Society of St. Andrews
- Splendid Products
- Spud Organic
- Stremick’s Heritage Foods
- Sundia Corporation
- SunOpta Fruit Group
- Sunset Health Products
- Sushi of Naples
- Swiss Chalet
- Tampico Seafood
- Tapatio Hot Sauce
- Tierra Madre/ North Star Organics
- Tomich Bros. Foods
- Trinity Fresh
- Trinity Valley Foods
- Tyson Foods
- Umina Bros.
- Ventura Foodss
- VersaCold
- Vicolo Wholesale
- West Coast Ship Supply
- West Coast Venting
- West Pico Foods
- Whole Foods
- WTI
- Xcite Foods
