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Donate food to Foodbank NSW & ACT
Your food donation will help families across the state and territory.
When you donate food, you’re not just filling a pantry shelf — you’re filling a plate for someone who might otherwise go without. Every box, tin, or packet you give has the power to ease the stress of a parent deciding between paying bills or buying groceries, or to bring comfort to an individual doing it tough.
Why your food donation matters
- Families under pressure: A simple bag of pasta or tin of vegetables can become a warm meal that brings relief to parents struggling to make ends meet.
- Individuals facing hardship: For someone living alone, a donated meal can mean dignity, nourishment, and the reassurance that their community cares.
- Communities in crisis: During droughts, bushfires, or economic downturns, donated food helps us respond quickly and provide essentials where they’re needed most.
Interested in knowing where our food comes from? Read more about how we operate below.
- Short coded product
- Excess product
- Product not meeting retailer specification
- Discontinued product
- Product requiring relabelling
- Under or over weight product
- Private label product
- New product lines or promotions which didn’t take off
- Product withdrawals if they’re still fit for use
- Regulated products such as alcohol, tobacco or drugs of dependence
- Product past its use by date
- Product more than 6 months past its best before date
- Product where the packaging seal has been broken
- Mouldy or rotting product
- Product where the cold chain has not been maintained
- Product subject to a safety recall
- Unlabelled product provided without ingredient details