Beans & Pasta Index

Food banks often have baked beans or pasta in abundance, so those items being requested suggests a food bank's supplies are under pressure. Graph shows the number of times we've found food banks requesting beans or pasta to be donated by month.



year-month Beans or Pasta Requests
2019-12 35
2020-01 129
2020-02 85
2020-03 187
2020-04 170
2020-05 112
2020-06 76
2020-07 72
2020-08 95
2020-09 91
2020-10 83
2020-11 107
2020-12 74
2021-01 93
2021-02 110
2021-03 115
2021-04 118
2021-05 110
2021-06 116
2021-07 84
2021-08 95
2021-09 113
2021-10 78
2021-11 83
2021-12 63
2022-01 97
2022-02 98
2022-03 115
2022-04 139
2022-05 154
2022-06 178
2022-07 129
2022-08 124
2022-09 156
2022-10 91
2022-11 108
2022-12 95
2023-01 116
2023-02 123
2023-03 170
2023-04 138
2023-05 152
2023-06 170
2023-07 153
2023-08 133
2023-09 161
2023-10 114
2023-11 106
2023-12 81
2024-01 133
2024-02 118
2024-03 131
2024-04 115
2024-05 172
2024-06 122
2024-07 115
2024-08 123
2024-09 136
2024-10 135
2024-11 168
2024-12 92
2025-01 100
2025-02 106
2025-03 134
2025-04 126
2025-05 139
2025-06 153
2025-07 128
2025-08 126
2025-09 131
2025-10 136
2025-11 103
2025-12 41