Food Pantry

Fuel for Your Success

Need extra food to get through the week? We're here for you. The LSU Food Pantry offers free, supplemental groceries to students so you can stress less, eat well, and stay focused on life at LSU.

Use the Pantry
Volunteer
Donate

 

Location & Hours

The pantry is located on the first floor of the LSU Student Union in room 108. Visit during our hours:

  • Fall & Spring Semester Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday
  • Summer Hours: 1 p.m.–4 p.m., Monday through Friday

How to Use the Pantry

  1. No forms or appointment required. Just come by during our office hours
  2. Upon arrival, our staff or volunteers are available to answer any questions
  3. Browse at your own pace and choose what you need from shelves stocked with canned goods, produce, dairy, protein options (when available), and more

What's on Our Shelves

Our inventory changes daily based on donations and deliveries, so there’s often something new. Here's when we restock:

  • Whole Foods: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
  • Trader Joe’s: Tuesday, Thursday
  • Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank: Wednesday


Questions? Get in touch at foodpantry@lsu.edu or 225-578-8000.

 

400

Students Served

- Weekly in 2022-23

21,000

Orders Processed 

- In 2022-23

261,500

Pounds of Food

- Distributed in 2022-23

 

Volunteer with the Food Pantry

Volunteers are vital to the food pantry allowing the pantry to remain open for extended periods and operate even during academic breaks. The pantry is available unless the university is closed. Please consider volunteering either as an individual or as an organization. 

Friends of the Pantry

Student organizations looking to volunteer can join the "Friends of the Pantry" program. This program offers a convenient on-campus opportunity for organizations to volunteer and earn service hours. 

In the past year, we've seen a 76% increase in service hours earned at the pantry, totaling over 2,200 hours. As a "Friend of the Pantry," your organization will adopt a week of volunteer shifts. It's a great way to get involved and make a difference! 

sign up your organization

Are you looking to sign up as an individual volunteer?

individual sign up

students volunteer in the pantry

Support the Pantry

Each week the pantry serves approximately 400 students and distributes 5300 pounds of food. In the past year the pantry processed over 21,000 pickups and distributed 261,550 pounds of food. Pantry use continues to increase and can only thrive through partnerships, community supporters, and volunteers. 

Here are some ways you can support the pantry:

  • Shop our Amazon Wish List. The list is up to date with some of the pantry's most wanted items.
  • Make a monetary donation through the LSU Foundation. Search "Food Pantry" in the fund search box.
  • LSU faculty and staff can payroll deduct a donation.
  • Donate items directly to the pantry. Please email the pantry to find out current needs before collecting items. 

Groups wanting to host a food drive should contact the pantry to receive the Food Drive Resource Packet and to register your drive. This step will ensure the pantry receives currently needed items and that shelf space is available. 

For questions, please contact the LSU Food Pantry at foodpantry@lsu.edu or 225-578-8000.