Simplifying Access to Essential Goods for Those in Need.

THE ONLINE TOOL FOR FOOD PANTRIES

An application providing a discrete online shopping experience for your food pantry or resource room clients. Streamline your inventory management and provide seamless, anonymous support to those in need.

Protecting Client Dignity and Privacy

Every day, food pantries and resource rooms work tirelessly to serve their communities, but managing distribution with dignity and metrics can be a challenge. Providing a seamless online shopping experience can broaden reach to underserved communities, provide inventory control, add privacy to the process while increasing efficiency and reducing waste. (Read more about this)

Many organizations struggling with:

  • Outdated systems, leading to wasted resources

  • Long wait times or discomfort in asking for help

Currently, food pantries serve the community of users who can visit their brick and mortar facility. But, our experience with Covid showed us that half of the potential community in need requires a delivery option. GoodsInHand seamlessly provides a solution.

Read about our solution

Expand Reach to New Communities in Need

Imagine a future where…

food pantries can use physical space more efficiently by shifting to a warehouse pickup or delivery model from a brick and mortar retail model. (Read more about this)

Meet our Solution:

GoodsInHand.

At GoodsInHand, we recognized these obstacles and set out to create a solution that streamlines the process for organizations, while offering a discreet and easy to us experience for those in need of support.

Finally!

A way to bring charitable food and supply distribution into the 21st century

how it helps:

  • Offers better inventory and client management tools

  • Makes it easier and more convenient to browse and select products

  • Helps more people who may otherwise not be able to receive help

  • Reduces waste of expired products

  • Eliminates the stigma associated with “shopping” at a pantry

  • By integrating an automated marketing process, it automatically notifies users of the most updated inventory information.

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Food Banks

Streamline your distribution process, reduce waste, and ensure those in need have easy access to food items.

Who can use it?

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Food Pantries

Manage your inventory with ease and provide a dignified experience for your users, allowing them to reserve items anonymously.

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School Resource Rooms

Support students and families in need by offering them a private, hassle-free way to access school supplies and other essentials.

The process for Food Pantries

How it Works

  • Volunteers receive and scan new product UPC codes with their phones, and the inventory gets updated automatically.

  • Once a user is entered into the system, they receive emails for products that are in inventory and can easily see what’s new and what’s about to expire.

  • Users simply select food or other products within the GoodsInHand app, add them to their cart, and submit. That's It!

  • A volunteer will receive a submitted order and use the GoodsInHand app to process the order.

  • Once the order has been prepared, an email is sent out to the user that the order is ready for pickup or delivery!

What they’re saying…

“Our clients feel more comfortable knowing they can reserve items anonymously and pick them up at their convenience."

— Robert M

“Since switching to GoodsInHand, the entire process has become seamless.”

— Eric Andersen, CEO, MySeniorCenter.com

"…it’s simple, intuitive, and has significantly reduced the time we spend tracking supplies."

— Monica S

Ready to Make a Difference?

Join a growing community of organizations using GoodsInHand to improve access to essential goods and support those who need it most.

Contact us directly at hello@goodsinhand.com