This is more or less a service for people who need food assistance/hot meals and not financially…read moreset or have fallen on hard times & the place here has been serving food for awhile however some people due to website information from the local government may have it at a old location & not the one in the photo which I took (note I did email the town about the matter so hopefully all parties can get this information corrected).

Bought an Ariens platinum snowblower in October 2022, used only few times over the past winters,…read morethis year 2025 started it for the first snow, made 3-4 passes on the driveway and there was a loud noise and it stopped working, unable to start it back up. Called Taplin, they were able to pick it up the next day. Eric called after checking it out and the said the motor was blown. Of course was 2 months out of warranty, he said would call Ariens and see what he could do. Because of Eric's perseverance they replaced the motor, at no charge to us. Our heartfelt thanks to Eric, and to kudos to Taplin for having such a dedicated person on their staff.

Great experience On…read moretime, reasonable price and quick turn around Easy pick up and delivery

I enjoy browsing through their homemade crafts. Recently and in the past I've purchased birdhouses…read moreas gifts and the recipients love them!

You may have donated a few cans of soup to Foodshare over the years, but did you know they have…read moreCommunity Service volunteer opportunities for you and your team, either in Windsor or Hartford? Our offices sent a team of 14 over to Windsor this morning and we spent three hours sorting meats and poultry donated by local supermarket chains. There were many job functions and stations necessary for us to sort through 5,950 pounds of food. When the food is donated by supermarkets, all of the different meats are stored in a Foodshare walk-in freezer in big plastic bins- so the bins were full of every sort of meat found in your supermarket's meat and poultry cases. Here is what we did: Station # 1 - Big pallets full of the bins that the frozen meats were packed were delivered to us via forklift. We opened up the bins and sorted the meat by type- beef, ground beef, poultry, pork, lamb, veal, specialty, sausage, bacon, etc. Stations # 2, 3, 4, 5, -The sorted meats went to a dedicated line where teams packaged cartons for the specific types of meats. We put a sticker on the outside of the carton (beef or poultry, etc.), inspected each package for damaged packaging, marked over the UPC with a Sharpie, put a Foodshare sticker on each package, and weighed the cartons we were creating so they clocked in between 28 and 32 pounds. When a box was completed, it was stacked on a rolling cart. Station # 6 -The rolling carts were brought over to a ten degree walk in freezer where the finished cartons were stacked by category onto pallets - 24 boxes to a pallet. Station # 7 -The bins we emptied out had to be wiped down, sanitized and restacked. It was a lot of fun to see how everyone worked together doing all of these different tasks. After a while, we were efficiently working as though we were a team that had been doing this work for 5 years. It was quite a rewarding experience. Go grab your work buddies and give it a go.

In lieu of favors at our wedding last month, Jason M. and I made a donation to Foodshare. It was a…read moreno-brainer to select this charity because they have served many families in-need in the Hartford area. Making a donation was very easy to do online. Not only did I get a thank you card, I also got a thank phone call from a representative! I felt good that my donation was very appreciated. Thus, I will continue to support Foodshare whenever I am in the financial situation to give.

Reliable waste service. We have never had an issue with them in over a year of us. In addition they…read morego the extra mile when we have recycling or other objects that don't quite fit in the bin. They have taken the overflow every time even though they could leave it for next time.

Trash pick up is trash pick up. This company gouges it's customers. Every time there is anything…read moregoing on it uses it to dramatically increase the prices. We go back to when it was as little as $36 a quarter. This was less than 10 years ago. They jumped the price understandably because gas went up to almost $5 a gallon. Now it's back down and been there for years. Price never went down. Now COVID happened and the price is now $114 a quarter. Sorry but they might get more garbage because of covid but we pay to fill the barrel they provide so therefore our price should not jump $20 a quarter. There is no excuse. They are not doing any additional cleaning because of COVID. They again look for an excuse to gouge their customers. Trash pick up is trash pickup. They don't do anything extra. They also charge a ton for bulk pick up. Skip this company. We are switching. $78 a quarter or $312 a year the price increased in less than a decade.. think about that