It is So Simple

  1. Pick a Convenient Location
  2. Sign up For a Ruby's Guest Account
  3. Schedule Your Express Track Registration and Handle Your Donation Online to Save Time for Those Sites That Offer Express Track
  4. OR Just Come to the Pop-Up Pantry Location on the Upcoming Monthly Date & Bring Your $25 Cash Share Donation
  • WHAT IS RUBY’S PANTRY?

    Ruby’s Pantry distributes food at Pop-Up Pantry locations across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota. There is no income or residency requirement and for a $25 cash bundle donation you will receive an abundance of groceries.

  • HOW DO I FIND THE CLOSEST POP-UP PANTRY LOCATION?

    Click here to Find A Location to see the nearest Pop-Up Pantry locations near you.

  • WHAT IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO PICK UP MY BUNDLE?

    Anyone is welcome to attend a location. For all of our sites, you can attend the day of the distribution and handle your share donation at the site location.  Guests should bring a $25 cash share donation to the site the day of the distribution. For some of the Ruby's Pantry locations, we offer pre-registration where you can reserve your preferred pickup timeslot the day of the distribution and the number of share(s) you would like to pickup. Express Track Reservation requires the use of a debit/credit card to reserve your shares ahead of time online.  On the day of the day of the distribution, the site location will check you in to pick up your shares.

  • HOW OFTEN CAN I ATTEND A POP-UP PANTRY?

    You can attend as many locations each month that work for you. There is no income or residency requirements.

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A smart way to extend your monthly grocery budget and enjoy a variety of food.

Ruby’s Pantry is for anyone that is looking to extend their monthly grocery budget. For a $25 bundle donation, you will receive an abundance of groceries. There is no income or residency requirement. Guests can attend as many locations each month that work for their schedule.

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how it works

GET OVERAGES FROM FOOD COMPANIES

We partner with food manufacturers, distributors and producers to gather their surplus and overages.

SORT FOR DISTRIBUTION

100's of different kinds of foods are gathered and sorted at our Warehouse Distribution Centers in North Branch, MN, Waupaca, WI and Elbow Lake, MN.

SUPPLY TO POP-UP PANTRY LOCATIONS

We deliver semi-truck loads of food to Pop-Up Pantry locations monthly in communities across both Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.

ATTEND & RECEIVE FOOD BUNDLES

Guests attend Pop-Up Pantry locations to receive their food share(s) to enjoy!

Thank you, Ruby A. Flodin

The inspiration for Ruby’s Pantry

Meet Ruby A Flodin. Now gone, leaves a rich legacy of having generously used her pantry, and whatever she had, to supply an abundance of nourishment, help and love to friends and strangers alike.

Today, we honor Ruby’s heart by creating a ministry with the same value — taking the resources God has entrusted us with and turning them into that which supports families and communities.

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