A major portion of the food provided by the Pantry is purchased from the Food Bank of Monterey County located in Salinas. Weekly runs to the Food Bank are made by volunteers to stock the Panty shelves in order to provide the basic ingredients for the food bags handed out each week. Most food is stored in the pantry. 

The Trader Joe's Grocery Store in Monterey donates meat, produce, fruit, bread, milk and eggs each week. Lucky grocery store in Marina donates bread, meat, pasties and other food. Volunteers transport the food each week to the Pantry.

The Pantry also purchases food items from the Grocery Outlet and Lucky grocery stores in Marina, often at discount prices. The pantry purchases 100 turkeys to distribute each Thanksgiving; the Grocery Outlet makes the turkeys available at discount prices.  

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The Pantry maintains a food barrel for donations at the Grocery Outlet store in Marina.