Foodbank SA

Provide the welfare sector of South Australia with healthy, nutritious and affordable food to meet the requirements of their emergency relief programs.

Foodbank SA is a social enterprise that was founded in 2000 and is the largest hunger relief agency in South Australia and Central Australia. Foodbank SA acts as a food pantry to charities and community groups who feed the hungry in SA and Central Australia. They source food from the food industry and make it available to welfare agencies and people in need.

Foodbank SA’s aim is to assist local welfare agencies to provide more food to people requiring emergency food relief. Welfare agencies who are customer members of Foodbank SA can provide their clients with vouchers that can be redeemed at the Foodbank Food Hub sites. At the nine Foodbank Food Hubs in SA and Central Australia, clients are offered a dignified shopping experience. The food hubs are set up to resemble a general store and they encourage people to choose healthy food options by providing free fruit and vegetables. Affordable recipe packs and ready-made meals are available for those willing to learn how to cook or unable to cook.