We’re proud to announce we recently received an award for our Foodbank Australia partnership. Over the last 10 years, our food donations have created over 10 million meals for Aussies in need.
Foodbank is Australia’s largest food relief organisation and we were awarded their Patron’s Award, which is given to a company that has demonstrated leadership, innovation, creativity and impact over time in its partnership with Foodbank. Last year alone, we donated over 1.2 million kilograms of food and groceries which was enough to prepare nearly 1.7 million meals. In order to make this happen, we have integrated our supply processes to ensure regular donations to Foodbank warehouses around Australia. This allows them to more easily distribute the food.
We’re very proud of the work our team does behind the scenes to make these donations happen, and we’re delighted this has been recognised. Of course none of these donations would be possible without the tireless work of the Foodbank volunteers who distribute this food to charities and community groups across Australia, so thank you to the Foodbank team.
Thanks to our Coles Community Food with SecondBite program, fresh produce bound for landfill is feeding hungry Australians. It’s a startling statistic – 1.2 million Australians don’t have access to affordable, safe and nutritious food. But through our partnership with SecondBite, a national not-for-profit food rescue organisation, 1.9 million kilograms of fresh fruit and vegetables and bakery goods have been donated by Coles to food agencies. They distribute or cook the food and serve to the hundreds of thousands of people in need of a well-balanced, nutritious diet.
This December marks the first anniversary of our national fresh food program, Coles Community Food with SecondBite. We’re proud to say that in the last year alone, we have donated nearly 1.5 million kilograms of fresh fruit, vegetables and bakery items, making it possible for community groups to provide nearly 3 million meals to Australians in need.
million people who do not have access to affordable food. Through our partnership with SecondBite, we are able to assist many small Australian charities in providing regular fresh, nutritious and healthy meals to those who need it most. To celebrate the program’s first birthday, our Coles ambassador and chef, Curtis Stone came along to meet and cook with our hardworking SecondBite volunteers.
Have you ever wondered what happens to excess fruit and veg at the end of the day? Through our Coles Community Food with SecondBite program, we are committed to donating surplus healthy, fresh fruit and veg and bakery items to charities all around Australia. This helps to provide much needed meals to the almost 1.2 million Aussies in need. Over the next two years, this food will help provide over 5 million meals to those who don’t have access to a safe, regular and affordable food supply.
As part of our partnership with not for profit fresh food rescue organisation, SecondBite, Coles is launching a special, limited edition re-usable shopping bag available in metropolitan stores from July 9 to August 12. For every “heart bag” sold during this period, 50 cents will be donated to SecondBite to put healthy fresh meals on the table for people in need. Coles Community Food with SecondBite is a national program with a local focus and has committed to provide more than 5 million meals over the next two years. So, keep an eye out for the heart bag which costs $2.50 and raises funds for a great cause. 
