Donate Food
We recover and rescue good quality surplus food from growers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors and wholesalers. The biggest surprise for most people who come to Fair Food is the quality and quantity of food we recover.
We recover and rescue good quality surplus food from growers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors and wholesalers. The biggest surprise for most people who come to Fair Food is the quality and quantity of food we recover.
Before you donate food, we need to make sure that certain guidelines have been followed and we ask all our regular donors to sign a memorandum of understanding with Fair Food.
Call us on 022 167 8963 or email urgent to info@fairfood.org.nz
What kind of food do you rescue?
Fair Food focuses on fresh food such as fruit, vegetables, milk, eggs, protein and bread however, we will gladly recover most foods that are considered healthy and nutritious for our community including frozen meals, tinned or shelf-stable foods like rice, pasta, flour etc. We don’t rescue pre-made food from cafes or restaurants such as cakes, muffins, sandwiches, hot pies as we’re unable to guarantee food safety for these items.
How much food can you rescue?
Our minimum requirements are 20kg per pick up. Please talk to us about your food donation and potential quantities to work out the best solutions.
What kind of storage facilities do you have?
Fair Food has a large Hub in Avondale, Auckland including chillers, freezers and access to large storage facilities including blast chillers so we can store and handle large quantities of food. Keeping the cold chain is super important to us so we’ve invested in the infrastructure needed to support donations and re-distribution of rescued food.
Can anyone donate food?
We have memorandums of understanding (MOU) with all our regular food donors however, we can accept ad-hoc or one-off food donations provided food donations meet the criteria as above.
Where does the food go?
Fair Food re-distributes and supplies food to over 40+ frontline community organisations, social agencies and groups who provide food to clients free-of-charge. Your food donation will be shared amongst our different community organisations which is always warmly received and appreciated.
More than 16,000 eggs and 19 pallets of dairy products have been saved from going to landfill following an alleged arson at an Auckland supermarket.
One of Fair Food’s grateful recipient organisations is the food bank at Waitakere Community Outreach, working in an area where ‘poverty is very real’.
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