I used to target food but I found either vegetables that my family won't eat or empty carbs that they will.
I still stop in at Aldis for the easy picken's.
Just picked up two bags of onions, which I might replant, whole, or eat, cooked.
If I had more
chickens, I would go more often.
As it is I can easily bring home a huge box of bananas that they struggle to deal with.
I share a lot of what I find with the homeless, but only stuff I would eat myself.
Construction dumpsters are golden, and a subset of construct dumpsters are hospital remodeling dumpsters.
Where I live hospitals are in a constant state of remodeling, so they always have a dumpster dedicated to the waste.
Most of theses hospitals are located within a few miles of one another, so hitting a few at a time is doable.
Places that deal in
lawn care machines and places that deal in handicap accessories both tend to have heavy duty hardwood skids avaliable for the asking.
Cardboard boxes are a good filler for when other things are not available.