May 9, 2018
AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST HUNGER RELIEF ORGANISATION, FOODBANK, WARNS THAT THE FEDERAL BUDGET HANDED DOWN LAST NIGHT WILL LEAVE VULNERABLE AUSTRALIANS NEEDING IMMEDIATE RELIEF SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. “Foodbank’s latest research revealed that 3.6 million Australians have experienced food insecurity in the last 12 months including a shocking 1 in 5 children,” Foodbank Australia CEO Brianna Casey said […]
May 25, 2017
Australia’s top food brands – Ardmona, Devondale, John West, Chicken Tonight, Old El Paso, Vetta, McCain Foods Australia, Helga’s, SunRice, SPC, Primo, Mount Franklin, Continental, Sanitarium and Woolworths – have signed up to support the annual Foodbank campaign, with consumers triggering a one-for-one donation each time they purchase participating brand products at Woolworths stores during […]
March 29, 2017
The country’s largest food relief organisation, Foodbank, is taking a leadership role in the development of the Australian Government’s first National Food Waste Strategy to halve Australia’s food wastage by 2030. Foodbank Australia CEO, Brianna Casey, said “It is shameful to think that over 9 million tonnes of food is being wasted at a time […]
December 6, 2016
In a collaboration which stretches from the cattle in the paddock to sausages on the plate, more essential protein is on the menu for Australians in need thanks to a new partnership between Foodbank and MDH, a family-owned beef cattle enterprise. MDH has agreed to donate 1 tonne of beef trim each month which will […]
November 8, 2016
Today in Parliament House Canberra, Foodbank recognised the outstanding contributions of Australian food companies in helping to fight hunger in the community. This year’s awards celebrated what Foodbank and the food industry are able to accomplish together and acknowledged the outstanding individual contributions that make possible the everyday work of the largest food relief organisation […]
June 30, 2016
A re-elected Turnbull Government will help local food rescue charities reduce costs and expand their services by providing $1.2 million over two years.
September 10, 2015
A blow has been struck against hunger in Australia today as Foodbank, Australia’s largest hunger relief organisation, announces that seven million serves of food have been donated to Australians in need thanks to its first ever Food Fight campaign. Several iconic food brands including Kellogg’s, SPC and Ardmona, Wonder White and Helga’s, Vetta, Primo Smallgoods, […]
April 29, 2015
Australian-owned quick serve restaurant franchise, Zambrero, is bringing its humanitarian efforts home for the first time, partnering with Foodbank to deliver 30,000 meals to Australians in crisis.
April 22, 2015
CHEP Australia is always looking for new ways to support Foodbank, Australia’s largest food relief organisation, to get food to more people in need, and recently, CHEP found a new way to contribute thanks to the goodwill of its customers. As part of a market insights initiative, CHEP interviewed a range of food retailers, […]
April 9, 2015
Foodbank, the country’s largest hunger relief organisation, has played a pivotal role in aiding Australians impacted by nature’s wrath this summer thanks to the support of the country’s leading food and grocery brands. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that 2014 was Australia’s third-warmest year since national records began in 1910, resulting in an increase in […]
