Tag: food relief

Low-income households at breaking point

Low-income households are enduring the highest rates of food insecurity since the onset of the cost-of-living crisis, according to the ‘Foodbank Hunger Report 2024’. Now in its eleventh year, the report from Foodbank...

SecondBite to host inaugural Million Meals Day

SecondBite is hosting its inaugural Million Meals Day on World Food Day next week (16 October). The food rescue organisation is calling for donations to help it raise enough funds to provide the...

PepsiCo’s Quaker Oats joins Foodbank partnership

PepsiCo owned business Quaker Oats has donated 70 pallets of oats to Foodbank. The announcement sees the extension of PepsiCo’s existing partnership of more than 20 years with Foodbank. Quaker Oats Senior Manufacturing Manager...

Fine Food Australia supports OzHarvest’s efforts

Fine Food Australia has announced an “enhanced support initiative” with food rescue organisation OzHarvest. After a successful collaboration in 2022 utilising OzHarvest’s food rescue service, Fine Food Australia says it’s taking a “significant...

SecondBite and FareShare merge to broaden impact

The number of meals for Australians facing hardship is set to increase as SecondBite and FareShare merge in a move that will significantly transform the food rescue and relief sector. SecondBite, founded in...

Aussies skipping meals to feed pets

Pet owners living in food insecure households are resorting to self-sacrifice to protect the welfare of their pets. According to a report published today by Foodbank Australia to mark National Pets Day, 24%...

Foodbank sources record volume of food

Foodbank Australia has revealed that it sourced a record 51 million kilograms of food and groceries in 2023, the equivalent of 92 million meals. According to the ‘Foodbank Hunger Report 2023’, food insecurity...

Sydney conference explores food waste research

The 2023 Fight Food Waste Research Impact Conference was held in Sydney last week (22-23 November). Hosted by the newly branded End Food Waste Australia (a strategic rebrand bringing Fight Food Waste...
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