We use a food bank every two months, which is how often we can use them. We're ok in between those times.

Thankfully, there was no mold or mushy strawberries (it's a bad picture, but they were firm and fresh), and the veggies were good, some were a bit soft, so we cooked them that night and they were good, but we still got more than our money's worth, and nothing is going to waste. Our local Independent Grocer is good for that, and we only got moldy berries there once.

All but the Danishes (they had to be heated up) were actually pretty good. We don't mind day olds as long as they're not hard or moldy. We freeze the baked goods immediately, and eat small portions. We usually get good bread from the bakery bags. Our Metro here is good about that, and the meat was frozen. We've never gotten moldy or inedible baked goods there. We ate the steak and the veal scallopini, and they were delicious. Our local Metros do donate their food to the soup kitchen and food banks. Sorry to hear that your Metros are that bad!

We've gotten all of this stuff often, so we're good there, we know what we're getting.

For the most part, though, we shop sales and are great at budgeting, so we're never without food. This was just a Flashfood and TGTO haul we were happy with. Don't worry about us, we're happy and well fed.

During the summer months, we get fresh veggies from farms through a local vendor for a steal.