ONE-STOP CHOP FOOD PANTRY - UNDERGRADUATE SERVICE

TCSA’s One-Stop Chop is Trent’s centralized on-campus food pantry. Our goal is to help relieve students of the impacts of food insecurity in an equitable, accessible, and welcoming environment.

One-Stop Chop is located in the TCSA office and is free for Trent undergraduate students to access. The pantry is open Monday to Friday by appointment only. If you have any questions or wish to visit the pantry outside of these hours, please email services@trentcentral.ca.

New! Check out our the first issue of our brand new One-Stop Chop cookbook, with student-friendly recipes that can be made with staples found in the food pantry.

Reminder: please bring your pantry issued bag, follow pantry guidelines, and check in with our front desk before accessing the pantry. 

Pantry Guidelines

Our pantry serves over 175 students a month. To ensure there is enough food to support everyone, we ask that you follow the below guidelines:

  • Please only book one appointment every two weeks as availability permits. Individuals who have multiple bookings will have their newest booking cancelled.

  • Missed appointments with no notice are considered ‘completed’ and will count towards your bi-weekly appointment allotment.

  • Please bring your pantry issued bag. There is a limit of one bag per visit.

  • Please check in with our front desk before accessing the pantry.

  • Take only what you will use to reduce food waste, and only access the designated pantry areas.

  • Limit to one (1) meat or meat alternative protein from the fridge or freezer (i.e sandwich meat, hotdogs, cooked package meat, etc)

  • Limit to one (1) bread product from the pantry fridge or freezer (i.e bread, gluten-free bread, bagels, tortillas, etc)

  • Limit to two (2) dairy products or dairy alternative products from the fridge or pantry (i.e milk, oat milk, almond milk, yogurt, cheese, etc)

  • Limit to two (2) fresh vegetables or fruit from the fridge (i.e carrots, potatoes, apples, cucumbers, etc)

  • Limit to five (5) non-perishable, dry, or canned products from the pantry