Non perishable food items????? HELP

[varealtormom]

ok I hope i put this in the right forum, if not im sorry. I am a realtor of course and every year we do an annual food drive here, and this year each agent has been CHALLENGED to donate 10 cans. WOW! ONLY 10 cans, well that isn't acceptable to me, not after i know what couponing can do............so here's my deal im seeking........

I want to know ALL non-perishable food items, i can get with coupons of course, for free or next to free! There's no way i can remember them all, so i need everyone's help........ so if you will just post it below for me of which coupon to use, how much it should be and best place to get it, but remember it has to be non perishable........i have from now until December 21st..........and I am personally going to use $50 to start with. So how much can I collect with $50? Definately more than 10 cans, lets take a guess?

Thank You so much for helping me, and again if i posted this in the wrong forum please let me know, but i am seeking deals

[ptcygofalcons]

I hope this is what you are looking for -
1) Muir Glen has tomato a tomato sauce or paste (I forget which one ) that is normally priced around $1.00 in the organic section of my local Publix. There are printable coupons out there for $1.00 off any Muir Glen product just check this sites coupon data base (Betty Crocker's coupon site I think ?)
2 ) I believe that Lea & Perrin's just ran a coupon for $2.00 on any of their worchershire( spelling ?) products in certain markets. That would make a cheap item to donate. ( Not sure if it's in a plastic bottle or not )
3 ) Skippy peanut butter just ran a pretty decent coupon in some areas (not mine!! )and there is a Target coupon that is on it also to make for some cheap peanut butter through THIS Saturday , the 24 .


Does it have to be all canned non perishable goods or can it be for household items as well. (Our food bank loves to receive anything to do with household cleaning or personal items like deoderant because people often don't think to donate those kind of things ) The recent coupons for Snuggle fabric softener for $3.00 off are making it a free item at some stores and it would be a nice thing to donate ,if that is the case.
Hope this helps and it is a great thing you are doing.

[dgnj]

It would be helpful to know what stores you shop at so that the deals could be tailored to your stores.

[saving-n-va]

Brownie or cake mixes (recent Qs in database)
icing for said mixes
Bisquick (check smartsource.com and others)
cereal - always Qs
Pouch or box potatoes - check the online coupons think I saw some there)
Rice and rice mixes
Dried beans
canned meats
soups -recent Qs in db
crackers
peanut butter
granola bars
canned fruit
cookie mixes
vegetable oil?

These are some things our local food bank is always looking for, so I'm always on the lookout for them.

Can't wait to see how much you get with your $50! I need to start getting stuff together for our next donation box. I've challenged myself to see how many nice toys I can get for $40 or $50 to donate to our local center. Love being able to help out the local food banks.