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Fill Your Car with Food for $20 at Ruby’s Pantry in Bloomington on Wednesday, Nov. 4th

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Ruby's Pantry load

Ruby’s Pantry is a monthly food distribution with various locations in the midwest including Bloomington.

It’s open to EVERYONE – no income or residency restrictions! And all you have to do is drive up in your car, hand over $20 in cash, and the volunteers will fill up your car with food!

Ruby’s Pantry in Bloomington has their monthly food distribution typically on the first Tuesday, but due to the election, it’s been moved to the first Wednesday this month. 

It starts at 4:30pm but I recommend getting there early as they do run out. And make sure you have plenty of room in your back seat and/or trunk!

The location is Bloomington Lutheran Church at 9350 Portland Avenue S.

We have visited this one and it was great! Here’s what we got:

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What Groceries We Got for $20 at Ruby’s Pantry in Bloomington (Minnesota)

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Ruby's Pantry Groceries

This month I finally had the opportunity to visit Ruby’s Pantry. Ruby’s Pantry is a community outreach program based in Minnesota, where basically you pick up food shares for a $20 donation. There are no income or residency requirements. There are many locations here in Minnesota and Wisconsin, though there are currently only a couple in the metro area, including Bloomington, which is where I went to today.

The food is a variety of fresh, nonperishable and frozen food. Some is past expiration, some is not, but it should all be perfectly fine to consume.

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