Food Pantries have been a thing for poor people for decades. Some also get EBT but some go to food pantries in lieu of EBT.
My church runs one and we also run a parenting center for parents who need help. What it was that annoyed me was that this was not going to people in need. It was going to anyone who pulled up in a car.
When you go to a food bank there is a certain amount of societal pressure to actually be in need and to not take more then your share. It does not always work but it keeps the moochers down to an acceptable level so there actually is enough for people who do need help.
But when there are no controls, you have no interaction with any body and you are wearing a mask anyway... the breaks are all off. End result is that a lot of the food did not get to people who needed it and a lot of it was wasted. I saw people take a couple things out of the box and then dump the rest in the trash.
This is type of behavior lays in bad habits that in the end will bring society down.
It also hits the volunteers hard. Especially the young people who see this. Rather then leaving feeling they had done a good thing they saw their efforts wasted and exploited.
Young people should not be forced into cynicism. That is for us battle scarred middle aged people.