Client Choice
Client Choice allows food pantry clients to provide input about the foods they are receiving instead of receiving a pre-packaged 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 and/or personal reasons. There are multiple levels of client choice. Which level of choice are you? Check out the different levels of choice below to see what level your agency is:
Full Client Choice:
Food pantry set up like a mini supermarket. Guest touch and select their own foods, making selections such as brands, container types (canned/boxed or frozen vs. canned)
- Clients can shop like a grocery store
- Clients select items from tables, like at a farmers’ market
Modified Client Choice:
Clients can choose from a menu OR clients tell volunteers what they want and the volunteers select and bag/box the foods for the clients.
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Pantry has a prepared list; clients indicate their preferences.
- Pantry has a prepared list; clients select from the exact items that are available from that list.
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Pantry prepares some basic boxes, but clients select the remaining items from either a list OR from tables.
Limited Client Choice:
Choices offered between different types of pre-packaged bags and boxes OR limited choice (five or less) selection items.
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Pantry prepares a variety of boxes; clients make a selection from multiple box types.
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Pantry prepares packages with an additional five or less options for clients to choose from.
For questions, contact the Food Bank's Agency Relations team at (315) 437-1899.
