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Food banks and pantries in Louisiana.
Find food banks in Louisiana that help struggling families. Free groceries or meals are provided by soup kitchens, charities, food pantries, churches and a wide variety of other distribution centers. Everything from a free food box to applications to SNAP and other resources are offered. Find a food bank near when you live in Louisiana.
The centers support low-income families, seniors, disabled people and the homeless among others - anyone who needs help or who may be facing a hardship. Get everything from baby formula to free canned groceries, Ensure for seniors or Meals on Wheels, produce and other items - even including free dog or cat food from a pet pantry. There is also a phone number at the bottom of this page for more food assistance programs.
The locations listed below are the primary centers that operate across Louisiana. However these organizations partner with many other facilities across the region, including churches, community action agencies and small non-profit food banks. If a site is not near you then referrals are often available.
In addition, some of the sites can provide other forms of help to those facing an emergency. For example, some of the free food pantries near you may offer hygiene supplies, paper products and kitchen utensils. Or they serve free holiday meals, Thanksgiving dinners, or give out baby formula. Many have information on other state and federal government assistance programs, including LA CAFE (SNAP food stamps) as well as local charities. Or look here for other public assistance in Louisiana.
Local food pantries and food banks in state of LA near you
There are also locations that focus just on certain parishes. The centers can be run by churches or faith based charities, non-profits, or even human service offices. They will also have free food and referrals. Find assistance near you in the following parishes, or scroll down for more resources in the state.
Regional parish food distribution centers
Each parish has other options too, including Feeding America / Second Harvest. They partners with charities and churches to feed individuals and families in Louisiana. Get everything from a box of food to applications to the Summer Food Program, Mobile Farm Markets and Pantries, School Pantry, Meals on Wheels delivery and more.
Second Harvest Food Bank Of Greater New Orleans & Acadiana is the main Feeding America location in Louisiana. The address is 215 E Pinhook Rd, Lafayette Louisiana, 70501. Call (337) 237-7711. Through this collaborative effort, food manufacturers, distributors, retailers, brokers and farmers and individuals in south Louisiana donate items to Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. The centers covers Acadia, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, as well as Lafourche Parish. Residents of Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John The Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, and Washington Parish can also call the center.
- The food or supplies donated are then distributed to a network of member agencies. Rice, baby formula, Ensure for seniors, produce and more is offered. This program is supplemented by food purchases to ensure nutritional balance to those we serve. A second center of Second Harvest Food Bank in city of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana is at 700 Edwards Avenue, New Orleans , LA 70123. Telephone: 504-734-1322. Free meals, emergency boxes of food, groceries, and more are provided to the low income and homeless. Other assistance such as referrals, Thanksgiving turkeys, and clothing may be available.
Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana is for low-income families, single parents and people living in poverty. The non-profits offers help with food in Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, and West Carroll Parish.
- Fruits, non-perishable goods, and surplus government commodities are passed out to local parishes. The food bank can direct the needy to those centers. They also offer USDA cooking classes, applications to the LA CAFE benefit programs, pet food and more. Address is 4600 Central Ave, Monroe, LA 71211. Call 318.322.3567 for referrals and information.
Food Bank of Alexandria provides help to the parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, La Salle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Vernon, and Winn. Some of what is available can feed a child or a senior citizen. Summer snacks, boxes of food in an emergency, and referrals may all be provided by workers and volunteers.
- The non-profit partners with charity run emergency pantries and soup kitchens to feed the working poor, homeless, and those in need. The location is 3223 Baldwin Ave, Alexandria, Louisiana 71301. Phone: (318) 445-2773.
Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana (Feeding America affiliate) location is 285 Mt Zion Rd, Shreveport, LA 71106. Call 318-675-2400. The non-profit is the largest distributor of public and private emergency food for a seven parish area in northwest Louisiana. Each week thousands of pounds of free food, produce, dairy and more is distributed for emergency assistance to individuals and families. People in Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River, and Webster Parish can use the charity.
 Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank main office (and warehouse) is at 10600 S Choctaw Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70815. The location stocks groceries, rice, breads, canned goods and perishable items at the Feeding America center, which is for the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. James, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana.
- The goods are then distributed to pantries, charities, and churches across Louisiana. They run a senior program, which may be able to help low income seniors who are 65 and older or 55 and older with a disability receive a monthly box of non-perishable groceries. Different programs for children are run as well, including food, groceries, clothing, summer meals, backpacks and more. Telephone number - (225) 359-9940.
Eunice Food Bank
Location is 521 Samuel Dr, Eunice, LA 70535. Call (337) 457-7541
Terrebonne Churches United Food Bank
Address: 922 Sunset Ave, Houma, LA 70360. Call (985) 851-5523 for hours of distribution.
Foodnet Of Lafayette
403 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy, Scott, LA 70583. Dial (337)232-3663
The location doe not provide direct aid. They offer goods to local pantries. Families need to stop by those centers for groceries or a meal.
Icons Food Bank
Address: 1411 N Market St., Opelousas, LA 70570. Phone - (337) 594-8845
Call the non-profit in a crisis. The food banks focuses on the less fortunate, seniors, and poor.
God's Food Box
426 McMahon St, DeRidder, Louisiana 70634. Call (337) 463-4449
The faith based charity gives out free food to the needy. There are hot meals (breakfast and lunch), information on snacks for kids and other aid provided.
Erwinville Childrens Community Care
Address of the pantry is 12419 Section Rd, Port Allen, Louisiana 70767. Dial (225) 627-7725
Some of what may be provided includes baby formula, diapers, and more. Mothers and caretakers can get applications on the federal government Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
Vermilion Milk Fund & Kaplan Food Bank
401 N Cushing Ave, Kaplan, LA 70548. Main phone (337) 643-6055
Both a soup kitchen is on site and emergency food pantry. Canned groceries, dairy, ensure for the elderly, and other supplies are offered.
Gretna Food Bank
1400 Jefferson St., Gretna, LA 70053. Call (504) 367-6676
Emergency boxes of food may be passed out. Call for hours and information on resources. Staff can offer emergency assistance as well as long term support, such as information on SNAP food stamps as well as WIC.
Northshore Foodbank
Address 125 W 30th Ave, Covington, LA 70433. Phone: (985) 893-3003
A number of local pantries partner with this non-profit.
Food Bank-Good Samaritan
100 Birch St, Thibodaux, Louisiana, 70301. Call (985) 447-9776
Various churches, charities, and other groups help struggling and/or low income families. Soap, detergent, canned groceries, Christmas food baskets, and more can be offered.
Locations of more Louisiana food banks and pantries
To find more food banks, pantries and meal sites that may be in your parish or town, dial (318) 675-2400. Additional information can be provided on locations near you. Or ask for referrals on other Louisiana food programs, free places for coupons, veteran meal programs, the Feeding America services in LA and more. There are also government benefits too for the low income, including USDA programs.
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