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Hi I work with an animal rescue group without a physical shelter. We use about 15 foster homes to help animals in our area. We provide food to our foster families for pets in our organization. Does anyone have any advice on where we can get large quantities of food for cats/dogs. We have a place to store it but we can't afford to buy off the shelf. It would be great if there was some programs or grants we could apply for.

Science Diet has a great one if you have a physical shelter but we didn't qualify so we are hoping to find something that matches our group's profile.

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:48 pm Post subject:

Have you tried contacting local pet stores? The group I used to be with gets food and supplies donated by PetCo.

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject:

Our nearest pet store is about an hour away but it is worth asking about. Thanks!

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject:

A lot of rescues will get free food, treats and toys from the stores they do adoption days for. I know an hour away is a long trip but you might be able to get free food and some dogs adopted at the same time.

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject:

Walmart and possibly grocery stores will sometimes give away broken or short dated bags of food.

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:53 am Post subject:

Target and Sam's Club will donate broken food bags, too. The key here is to develop a good working relationship with the store manager.

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:41 am Post subject:

Canidae Pet Food has a bulk food program:

http://www.petpointe.com/canidae/bulk.htm

Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:26 pm Post subject:

If you have a good relationship with one of the shelters you could see about partnering with them. The rescue I used to be with just had a food shortage crisis, partnered with a humane society in the state, gave the humane society the money and they bought the food at 35-cents per pound.

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 6:35 pm Post subject:

I would go along with the other's advice and suggest contacting big retail stores, such as vons, albertsons, walmart, target, k-mart and such. I'm sure you could develop a relationship with them to get food. Also I'm sure they could use the donation as a tax write-off, so i dont see how it would hurt them really to donate.

-Tay

Other helpful links where you might be able to find discounts in the vegas area for anyone around there: Las Vegas Show Discounts, Las Vegas Discounts

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:48 pm Post subject:

Not sure where are you located, but Evangers is a great dog food and they are wonderful to work with as far as smaller recuse groups that don't have shelter locations.

http://www.thefetchlist.com
http://www.evangersdogfood.com/

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:00 am Post subject:

Pet food makers often donate mislabeled, out of date or otherwise perfectly fine unsalable food. You could also contact your county shelter and see whether they have suggestions. After all, you are taking some of their work load and in my town at least they are always more than willing to help us volunteers.

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