As a follow-up on the comments about the Senior boxes (or convenience boxes), Angel Food has been listening to feedback about these. They recently changed the provider for these particular boxes due to the negative feedback they received. I haven't tried the new ones personally, but hopefully they are better tasting. I do understand though that the nutritional information given isn't for the individual meals. Instead, a range is given for the entire box. This may pose a difficulty for those with special dietary needs (diabetes, etc.).

Folks, this is STILL a great deal - reasonably priced food that really helps to stretch the budget. I mean, have you been to the grocery stores recently? Prices are still really high there. This is one program that can help make the most of your food dollars.

I really hope I'm misreading and I'm not reading comments about people COMPLAINING about the food donated, and the way it tastes. If you're truly in need, you won't care what it tastes like as long as your family doesn't go hungry! Those kinds of people made me wish as a volunteer (at a different organization)that I had the right to refuse to give food to a mom that said "Oh not potatoes again [insert obscene word here]" you know how hard it was to give someone like that a BOX of food, and then at the end of the day you have a single mom coming in, and you're out of food and she cries in THANKS when you give her a dented can of some random food?

Treasure...there is no missing piece to the puzzle. I promise you that at our Church we do not do this for folks to purchase and give to others. We average maybe one or two boxes a month being donated. Please go to the Angel Food Ministry website and you will see there is nothing on there about needing to purchase and give to someone else. I can promise you that this program is the real deal!! There is no catch to it or our Church would have quit participating a long time ago.

While I agree with brendanarron that buying a box to give away will bless you, that is not the main concept of the program. I have never read that on the AngelFood site. The main concept is to provide affordable groceries to everyone. We do have quite a few members of our Church that choose to purchase boxes and donate them but that is completely by their choice. If you can afford to do that and want to, that is great but don't feel like it's expected of you. We NEVER ask or expect anyone to donate boxes.

As far as the Senior Meals. They are convenient but since they are low in fat and sodium they don't have a lot of flavor. I purchased them one month for my Mom and she said they were okay but didn't have enough flavoring. Since she doesn't have heart problems and doesn't need low sodium and low fat meals, she doesn't want them anymore.

"One of the main concepts of this program is to buy a box and give it to someone who needs groceries,although anyone can purchase it. You will be blessed by giving to someone in need."

Thank you Brendanarron, for adding the above to this discussion. I thought there was a puzzle piece missing.