Choice

Welcome Choice Champions! These resources are designed to help you move to full choice or increase the level of choice you offer. This includes strategies and ideas, talking points for your staff and volunteers, tips on incorporating feedback, and more.

What is Neighbor Choice?

Neighbor Choice trusts and allows people to choose the foods and other products that are best for themselves and/or their families or households, just like they would at the grocery store.

Let’s define the levels of choice we use at MANNA.

·          No Choice - All Food is Pre-Boxed​

·          Limited Choice - Neighbors May be Able to Choose Additional Items, or Decline Items, but Most Food is Still Pre-Boxed​

·          Modified Choice - Neighbors May be Able to Choose from a Menu or Point to Items, but Volunteers or Staff Still Select and Box the Food​

·          Full Choice - Neighbors May Touch and Select Their Own Food, Just Like in a Grocery Store – The Gold Standard!

Please reach out to your Agency Relations Manager for support.

Videos

A great starting point is this 3-minute video highlighting some of our partners who have made the switch to full choice and the benefits they see.

This 15-minute video covers the benefits of choice, real feedback, tips on making the transition, and strategies to offering choice in any pantry.

Documents

Check out these resources from Feeding America!