Your ongoing support ensures The Mississauga Food Bank can keep pace with increased demand and enables us to provide uninterrupted service to our community.
It takes all of us to feed our hungry neighbours.
What You Need To Know
Anyone can contribute food to feed their hungry neighbours!
If you have a donation of non-perishable food for The Mississauga Food Bank, you can drop it off at The Mississauga Food Bank, your local fire hall, or select grocery stores throughout the city with collection bins.
To avoid waste or The Mississauga Food Bank rejecting your donation, please refrain from donating items past their expiry date, vitamins or over the counter medications (eg. Tylenol, cold medicine, etc.), home baked goods, or food prepared in a home environment (such as personally wrapped meats, opened food items, or food not in its original container/packaging).
Read through the tabs to learn about other types of food donations.
Food Industry Donations
Important Guideline: Good Food Policy
While The Mississauga Food Bank values all supporters who choose to donate products to feed their neighbours, our main priority is providing nutritious food to our clients.
Therefore, we are only able to accept large donations of products that fit within Canada’s Food Guide’s categories:
- Fruit/Vegetables
- Protein
- Dairy
- Grains
Please refer to our Good Food Policy for more information about this guideline.
We accept perishable and non-perishable (including fresh & frozen) quality food items that are:
- Close to their best-before date
- Surplus
- Damaged
- Mislabeled
- Discontinued
What is the procedure for donating food?
Before any food donation arrangements are made, please contact us to discuss your proposed donation and logistics.
All food donations given in good faith are covered by the “Good Samaritan Act“.
For more information, please contact:
Linda Bruce, Food Procurement/Donations Specialist
linda@themississaugafoodbank.org
905.270.5589 Ext.235
Gary Ehasoo, Food Sourcing Manager
gary@themississaugafoodbank.org
905.270.5589 x224
Most Needed Items
Our mission is to provide those who are hungry with the healthiest food possible
If the food being donated is something that you would not be willing to eat yourself or is past its best-before date, please consider donating something else.
Consider donating:
Drop Off Locations
***As of Monday, April 3, 2023, The Mississauga Food Bank will be operating out of our new building at: 4544 Eastgate Parkway, Mississauga, ON L4W 3W6***
During this transition period, The Mississauga Food Bank will remain open and operational, with a brief pause the week of March 27 – 31, 2023.
Please contact us with any questions.
You can drop off food donations at The Mississauga Food Bank, located at 3121 Universal Drive, Mississauga, Ontario.
Drive around to the rear of the building, back your vehicle up the ramp, and ring the doorbell.
If the office is closed, leave your non-perishable food items in the green and yellow donation bins beside the front door.
Business Hours:
Monday – 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday – 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday – 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday – 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday – 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
You’re also welcome to bring your non-perishable food donations to any Mississauga fire station throughout the year. The Mississauga Food Bank does bulk pick-ups from Mississauga fire stations on a weekly basis, and all donations come straight to our facility to be distributed back out into the community.
It Takes All Of Us To Feed Our Hungry Neighbours!
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