When charities advertise that $1 donation can provide 10 meals to families in need, how does that cover the cost with the higher cost of groceries and supplies?
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A lot of times it’s not a meal as you would think in the traditional sense. Last year I did some charity work packing these meals, and it was essentially a calorie dense porridge that would be eaten for one meal a day. Think rice, dried vegetables, dried protein powder, and added scoops of vitamins. The 20 oz bags we were packing were good to feed 1 child for a week. Obviously not super delicious, but better than literally nothing.
Feeding America is the most common you’ll see with this claim – here’s their site and explanation
https://www.feedingamerica.org/ways-to-give/faq/about-our-claims
In short and eli5 – you know all that ‘food waste’ you hear about? The 10c per meal is the cost to get all that would-be wasted and other donated food into the hands of people who need it. The food is effectively free in a lot of cases – the costs to move it around aren’t.
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