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Buying Government Cheese?

May 31, 2011

A grilled cheese sandwich made with American block cheese.How do I get my hands on some "Government Cheese"? Thirty years ago, I tasted some government cheese and loved it. It was a rich, yellow cheese with more protein per ounce than most public cheese. How do I get some?

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By 'Miss' Bonnie from Denver, CO

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June 2, 20119 found this helpful
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I had the free cheese years ago, too! I have been buying "Fields" brand pre-sliced cheese in the 5 pound blocks. They also have it unsliced. I buy the sliced block and it lasts for a month at our house. It is the best and the closest to the govt. kind. They also sell it in 2.5 lb blocks. I get it at IGA, and use to get it at Sav a Lot. Good Luck!

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August 31, 20165 found this helpful
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I was told that Land O Lakes American cheese taste like the govt cheese. I tried it, it was pretty darn close.

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September 4, 20164 found this helpful
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You CAN buy the cheese! It is made by Land O' Lakes and is called easy melt american cheese. It's for sale on Amazon, but it comes in big long blocks like the old days.

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5 pounds in a block and you have to buy 5. It's like $112 for it all. If you went together with a few other people it would be good.

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September 21, 20164 found this helpful
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Land O Lakes American Yellow Process Cheese Slice 5 Pound
$32.05 - Foodservicedirect.com
No tax

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September 21, 2016

How can I purchase surplus government cheese? Land O'Lakes has some in 5 pound blocks (with a purchase of 5 blocks) called cheese melt. Thank you.


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November 15, 20164 found this helpful
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www.foodservicedirect.com/.../Land-O-Lakes-American-Extra-Melt...

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March 5, 2019

The question was never answered about where to buy the government cheese. Does anyone have an answer for this?


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March 5, 20190 found this helpful

It is usually given out to the elderly and at food banks. I don't think you can buy it.

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March 5, 20192 found this helpful

It no longer exists in the format that existed from the 1950s to the 1990s--that block of orange stuff that was a cross between Velveeta an American Cheese.

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Here is an article about it that claims it may be coming back, but sadly it no longer exists:

www.dairybusiness.com/.../

Today it is more an euphemism for welfare/food stamps.

That said, many food banks offer cheese products...but they are usually name brand like Kraft, that are donated by grocery stores or other donors.

Blessings!!

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March 6, 20190 found this helpful

That cheese was made from several different manufacturers from surplus materials. It was probably slightly different depending on what region you lived in. From what I have read, we don't have the large surplus of dairy that we did in the 80s when the cheese was given out to needy families. Some people say that the 5 lb. Land 'o Lakes Extra Melt American cheese loaf is similar.

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I'm including a few links because I found them interesting.

munchies.vice.com/.../wtf-happened-to-government-cheese

en.wikipedia.org/.../Government_cheese

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April 12, 20190 found this helpful

It has been back for awhile. Seniors get it about 1s a month..

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Anonymous
May 14, 20190 found this helpful

The government still pays money to Dairy Farmers so they will limit their production. They no longer take the excess milk and turn into cheese for the needy. Dairy Farmers pour the excess milk out on the ground

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July 29, 20191 found this helpful

Govt cheese was actually given away with free food last week.

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August 1, 20191 found this helpful

It is back. I work at a food bank that distributes USDA commodities and Dare-to-Care. Our monthly shipment came today and included a large number of the 5 pound blocks of government cheese in boxes if six each.

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August 5, 20190 found this helpful

Were an when do they get it I wont some

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Anonymous
September 25, 20190 found this helpful

Where do the seniors get it once a month

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October 29, 20190 found this helpful

That is absolutely aweful. We have people in this country starving to death and our government is paying people to throw milk away??? That sound rather criminal.

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December 10, 20190 found this helpful

Where in this world are they giving out blocks of welfare chese for seniors?

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January 4, 20200 found this helpful

It certainly does exist. The government actually has a 1.4 billion pound stockpile of it that they don't know what to do with as they keep buying surplus milk from dairy farmers and turning it into cheese with no real plan to distribute it to anyone.

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Anonymous
February 16, 20200 found this helpful

This is so sad.

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April 7, 20200 found this helpful

It is still around I was given a huge long block of it in the plastic wrap and then cardboard box just like the one I had when I was a little girl. It was given to me by an older lady who get it from the food pantry in her home town.

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It was too much cheese for her to eat. That was last summer (2019) so it is in fact still around

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Anonymous
April 16, 20200 found this helpful

That's BS.

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March 20, 20210 found this helpful

Where do they give it out to seniors?

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November 16, 20210 found this helpful

Seniors get it? I would like to know where. At the link provided in some of the comments you have to buy a case of 6 at a cost of $157.95.

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