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Food, distributed through the Indoor Market behind the Center, is available:

Monday thru Friday 6:30 AM – 10:00 AM (Walk up only)
Saturdays: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

(Center Services are closed on federal holidays.)

 

Introducing Brother Benno's Indoor Market!

Thanks to the generous support of Feeding San Diego, the Copley Foundation and individual donors, the Indoor Market celebrated its grand opening in Fall 2025. Replacing the past process of distributing food through prepacked boxes, food choices can be made based on availability, nutritional requirements, and tastes.

Eligibility

Families with children, senior citizens, and the disabled are eligible to visit the Indoor Market. The food available is intended to supplement the nutritional needs of low-income families. Homeless individuals may also visit the Indoor Market. Some restrictions apply.

  • Brother Benno's Center

    3260 Production Avenue
    Oceanside, CA 92058

  • Hours of Operation


    Monday - Friday
    6:30 AM - 10:00 AM (Walk up only)

    Saturdays
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

  • Phone

    (760) 439-1244

  • Email

    info@brotherbenno.org

  • Eligibility

    Families with children, senior citizens, homeless and disabled individuals (Must have Brother Benno's ID)

Food donations and distribution

Volunteers, program members and staff unload trucks filled with food donations from local grocery stores and restaurants. These trucks, driven by volunteers, make pick-ups early in the morning five days a week. Learn more about our Food Rescue Program here.

This donated food is used to feed a hot breakfast to over 200 people six days a week. Without these generous donations, many North County low-income families and the homeless would go without a hot breakfast.

Unpacking Food Trucks

Volunteers

Over 8,000 individuals visit the Indoor Market each month. Volunteers arrive at the Center early in the morning to stack the shelves and fill the refrigerators with nutritious food. These items are offered to help families get a few extra days of food each month.

Offerings depend on donations, but usually contain staples such as: beans, rice, cereal, peanut butter, canned goods such as tuna, fruit and vegetables. On the occasions when we receive fresh meats, produce, and eggs, they are also  made available.

Packing Food Boxes

Fred Rogers

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say it’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem, then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.”

Marelle H.

"I wish the public better understood that most folks who get meal boxes are working families who simply can't make ends meet with the rising cost of living...Not only do families have to choose between paying bills or buying food, they often have to decide who, in the family, gets to eat. These are impossible choices that no family should have to make."

Edward Everett Hale

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And
I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.”

Tracey B.

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Benno's is a wonderful place. It's a place that helps you when times get hard. It has a understanding and caring staff.

Chrissie C.

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Good work they are doing. Loved brother Benno when I was a child.

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