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 36
2020-01 130
2020-02 86
2020-03 187
2020-04 172
2020-05 112
2020-06 76
2020-07 72
2020-08 98
2020-09 92
2020-10 84
2020-11 107
2020-12 74
2021-01 93
2021-02 110
2021-03 115
2021-04 119
2021-05 110
2021-06 117
2021-07 86
2021-08 95
2021-09 115
2021-10 79
2021-11 83
2021-12 64
2022-01 97
2022-02 98
2022-03 115
2022-04 139
2022-05 154
2022-06 181
2022-07 130
2022-08 124
2022-09 157
2022-10 91
2022-11 108
2022-12 95
2023-01 116
2023-02 124
2023-03 171
2023-04 138
2023-05 153
2023-06 170
2023-07 153
2023-08 133
2023-09 162
2023-10 115
2023-11 107
2023-12 84
2024-01 134
2024-02 118
2024-03 132
2024-04 116
2024-05 18