Manna From Heaven?

I have heard of them but I don't have any even remotely close to where I am. Wow- you certainly get a good deal. I guess if you could get the check when you are in town doing other errands...how far is "town"? I have a bank three miles away I could get one from even though it isn't my bank. 20 miles is maybe one gallon of gas, so that isn't too bad. Is the church in an area you could do other errands on pick up day?

I do not have one near me and I wish I did. I would take advantage of it when hubby has low paychecks and we are short on food. The only one is several miles away and with gas it wouldn't do us good to go for $30 in food. We'd pay more in gas. We do however have a food bank near us and I do go there everytime we need. They give cans, meat, drink, all necessities. My friend told me and actually took me there when we needed food and no money. All bills paid, but no money left. lol That was 6 months ago and I am very grateful to my friend for doing that for me

so sorry for answering so late, as I am 466 emails behind right now, but I do not know about this place and I don't think we have one, but I don't really understand what it is all about anyway.

We don't have Angel Ministries but we do have SHARE which is very similar. We have done them occasionally but the last time the food we got for the price really wasn't worth it. We would be able to buy it on our own for that if not better. We don't have an Aldi's, not sure what company that is, but we do have things like Sav-A-Lot and Dollar General Market along with Super Wal-Marts; between all of them I can get some great deals.

Yes, Angel Food Ministries is still worth it if you have an Aldi's nearby. I do the program every month. I also do the Special meats also. I love the quality of the meats served in this program. For anyone else that is interested here is the link: http://www.angelfoodministries.com/ Have a great day

I've never tried it but I have heard of it. One of the current affairs programs here in Australia featured a story on it a few weeks ago. Admittedly I would be curious to try it if I can find one nearby since I'm really struggling financially. Like you, I like Aldi's there are a couple near my area and some of their groceries are extra cheap. Thankfully, I received some good news today... the Australian reserve bank board met today and decided to hold official interest rates at the current level for this month... the first month they haven't increased for the last 12 months, adding about $200 per month to the interest on my mortgage.. now I just hope they start reducing the rates to bring some relief.

I have heard of the Angel Food Ministries through a neighbor and here on Mylot. I have a few churches that does this, I have looked at April's menu and lot of the food, I know we won't eat, so it would be a waste of money. Look at the menu for April, and if you know you will use everything on the list, go for it. $ 30.00 isn't a bad price for all of that meat. I go to Aldi's for milk, eggs, some veggies, and meats, and stuff. With milk being around 3.49 at store brand price, Aldi helps out a lot at 2.99. I can't wait for the GFS Marketplace to open up, my husband says it's a bulk store that anyone can shop there, so that will save us even more money on meats and veggies.

Yep, I sure do know who they are! I'm the Director for the distribution in our church. We are a very rural area, and at one point we had over 250 orders in a month for boxes of food! It is an extremely good deal. You get 17-18 items every single month, most of them are meat and the rest is boxed items, and you always get a dessert :) If you price all the items individually at the store, it would cost at least double that amount. In the past they tended to have too much breaded chicken, but after people started complaining, they don't have as much now. Definitely check it out to see if it's in your area!

We have one here in my town in Indiana, we have done it twice, it's a really good deal, you get alot for your money and they accept food stamps as well... I don't take advantage of it as often as I should because by the time I remember it, I have already missed the signup date! grrrr! You should definately try Angel Food Ministries at least once. God Bless!

Oh I wish we had one close to me in my portion of Maryland but we don't. I don't buy a lot of meats from Aldi's, DH is not too keen on it, so I am trying to save money to split a cow with someone. That should cut down on the food expense. I'm anxious to see how this discussion goes, and maybe I will get lucky one day and have one near me.

There were a bunch of churches up in the Akron area that did this program. If you eat this kind of food, it seems very worthwhile. Did you go to the website and check out the menu for the month? I also think the extras they offer are a good deal - also listed on the website? I wish they had one out here, but none in Nevada. I knew some folks who participated in this program back east and they practically ate dinner all month just on the Angel Food package. You would have to do the math on the gas I guess and see how you are out.

We do the Angel Food thing once in awhile. It's usually a pretty good deal. Sometimes the chicken we've received has been more bones than meat. There is also something called, I believe, "Colorado Shares". It's new to this area (Oklahoma), but it seems to have better deals (more choices) than Angel Food. Either way, they are for a good cause. Any of the packaged or canned food we don't eat, we give to the local homeless shelter or donate to a food drive.

Yes, we have one nearby, but last I heard it was 25.00, but that was about a year and a half ago..I have always wanted to take advantage of it, but we never seem to have the money when it was time to order and now that we do, the menu doesn't look too good..As for experiences with it, my daughter has tried it because her Mother-in-law's church is where the pick up is and she really likes it and says the food is good..

Never even heard of them!