Food Pantry

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Welcome to the QMU Food Pantry!

We are here to give students access to affordable, delicious, and fresh food; all for just £3 a week! 

 

The Food Pantry welcomes all students - undergraduate or post-graduate, mature or fresh out of high school, local or international - please come and say hi! 

 

We know how tough eating healthily and sticking to a budget can be as a student, and our goal is to make good food more accessible to those at QMU with the added bonus of reducing food waste. 

 

 

 

The pantry runs every Wednesday at 2PM next to Guthrie’s in the main building. 

We recommend turning up a few minutes early so you’re ready when we start calling members up. 

 

Each week we will have a new selection of food on offer, from fresh fruit and veg, cupboard essentials, and the occasional sweet treat! 

 

Every week you plan to use the pantry, we ask you to join our online queue at 1PM on the day of the pantry.

 

This ensures we know you’re coming along so we can call you up when it’s your turn to use the pantry. Once you’re signed up with us, you’ll receive the links to join the queue through your student email and on our WhatsApp group. 

 

 

 

Be sure to follow us on Instagram @qmufoodpantry for looks ahead at what items we expect to have at each week’s pantry, recipe ideas making best use of that week’s ingredients, and much more! 

 

 

 

The Food Pantry is an entirely student volunteer run organisation, so if you’re looking to get more involved with the QMU community and want to support a good cause, let us know! 

 

We’re always looking for new volunteers, and as a thank you from us, you’ll get that week’s shopping from the pantry for free! 

 

 

We hope to be a part of your QMU journey! 

 

 

Contact: 

 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qmufoodpantry/ 

 

Email: foodpantry@qmu.ac.uk 

Terms and conditions

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Terms of Membership

  • We are open until the food is gone! First come first serve - so we recommend signing in to our online queue as soon as possible once it opens.
  • Bring one bag (e.g. medium-size bag for life or tote bag) only!
  • You will generally be allowed to take one to two handfuls of each of our fresh items, and usually just one of our dry and ambient items.
  • Our team is completely run by volunteers who are offering you this service in their free time. Please be considerate and respectful to any and all volunteers.

Thank you for your understanding. 
Your QMU Food Pantry Team

Registered address: The Students' Union, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, EH21 6UU              

Telephone: 0131 474 0170

Email: union@qmu.ac.uk