The warehouse, run by food waste charity The Real Junk Food Project on the Grangefield Industrial Estate in Pudsey, supplies surplus food from supermarkets and local businesses.
Project founder Adam Smith told the BBC that people 'pay what they feel' for the food by giving time, money or skills. And the food is donated by several major supermarket chains, as well as restaurants, cafes and food banks.
The 'supermarket' project follows on from similar initiatives from the charity, including a global network of more than 120 pay-as-you-feel cafes and a Fuel for School project to feed hungry school children.
The Real Junk Food Project receives up to 10 tonnes of food every day, according to the BBC, most of which is donated to local schools.
But over the summer the charity ended up with surplus produce and decided to move it to one of its warehouses and transform it into a supermarket for those in need.
'We moved it to one part of the warehouse, put a notice up on social media asking people to come and get it, and it just went mad,' Smith told the BBC.
He added: 'We ask that you pay what you feel in time, money and skills. We do have people coming with the intention of paying and if it carries on like it does, it will pay for the cost of the warehouse.'
The charity hopes to open more food waste supermarkets in other UK towns and cities.
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