Food Market
The Food Market is a welcoming, no-cost, choice-based pantry open to both working and non-working individuals and other families who need a helping hand.
Community members are free to shop the market for food and other items while receiving guidance from our volunteers on how to make the most of their budget, and receive ideas on nutritious and delicious recipes. You can find some of these recipes using the button below.
The Hope House Food Market is here to ensure that everyone in Guelph can provide their family with nutritious meals and household necessities.
No one in our community should have to choose between healthy food, a clean home, or necessary hygiene products. Unfortunately, that is often the reality for families living with less.
The Food Market is open:
Monday: 9:30am – 4pm
Tuesday: 9:30am – 4pm
Wednesday: 9:30am – 4pm
Thursday: 9:30am – 6pm
Our Sponsors:
Givers of Hope for the Food Market
Food Resources
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Most people confuse the terms "expiry date" and "best before date." This confusion continues to be a major source of avoidable food waste in Canada. Only five foods should not be consumed past the expiry date: infant formula, meal replacements, formulated liquid diets (medical), very low-energy foods (medical), and nutritional supplements. Everything else is edible after the best before date has passed. Always use your senses to evaluate food quality if food is past the best before date.
While food may be edible past the best before date, non-profits cannot always use this type of food. Please try to donate food as fresh as possible.
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Guelph Food Bank (GFB) was established by Spiritwind Christian Centre in 1989 to accomplish one major goal: To help those in our community who are in need of food support while encouraging them to become self-sufficient by supporting them with our various life skills programs.
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CLICK HERE to see the Guelph Food Access Guide!
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Food Equity with Dignity: Local Chef, Yasi Zorlutuna is Creating a Mobile Solution addressing Food Insecurity and Food Waste, and Bringing Affordable Food to Your Neighbourhood with the Community FEWD Truck
In partnership with GNSC and with support from Our Food Future, local chef, Yasi Zorlutuna is bringing her long-held dream of a Community Food Truck that takes pre-consumer food waste – high-quality fresh produce and food items that are destined for landfill for a variety of reasons, including aesthetic, lack of space to properly store and process, etc. – and uses it as the resource it is with Community FEWD.
LEARN MORE HERE!
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Hundreds of children in the Guelph area arrive at school hungry on Monday mornings. The issue is that children from severely food-insecure homes depend on getting free food at school, Monday to Friday, but often go home to empty cupboards and fridges and struggle through the weekend. That’s why we run this weekend food program, because we passionately believe that No Child in Our Community Should Go Hungry.
Food4Kids Guelph began in 2018 with the help of local Rotary Clubs. Today it is a standalone charity supporting 400 children in Guelph. Schools identify their students in need. Food4Kids Guelph then delivers nutritious weekend food bags for the children to take home from school every Friday. During school breaks, we mail grocery gift cards to their families to help with the purchase of food.
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18% of households in our community are food insecure, while 1 in 4 children in Ontario are food insecure. Food insecurity likely affects someone you know. It can look like worrying daily about being able to buy food, skipping meals, eating too little or not being able to afford healthy options. High living costs, unexpected expenses, illness or job loss can put any of us at risk. Learn more here.
Food Market Tour
Come see what the Food Market looks like!
