With Christmas fast approaching, Aspley Hypermarket is hoping to raise 40 tonnes of food for Foodbank.
In partnership with Foodbank and All Purpose Transport, Aspley Hypermarket is giving its customers an easy way to give to people in need.
Since Monday 2 October 2017, the supermarket has been encouraging customers to donate non-perishable food products to the non-profit group. Anyone who wishes to donate can buy extra non-perishable grocery items and drop them in the cage located between Coles and Aldi.
The drive will run until Sunday 31 December 2017.
Ideal items for donation can include sealed items such as canned food, pasta, rice, sugar, cereal and spreads. Donors are also encouraged to give baby food as well as personal care products.
All Purpose Transport will pick up the donations and send them over to Foodbank. Foodbank will then channel the items to various charities that are working to feed the hungry.
The Foodbank drive is a campaign by Retail First, which owns Aspley Hypermarket as well as 19 other shopping centres in Queensland.
Foodbank Fighting Hunger
Foodbank acts like a pantry supplying charities and community groups working to feed the hungry. The non-profit organisation is addressing a hunger crisis affecting some two million people in Australia. Each year, around 400,000 people go hungry in Queensland, half of them are children.
An integral part of the organisation’s work is to collect surplus food and groceries from farmers, food manufacturers and retailers. This helps save food from going to waste, while at the same time, providing food for those in need.
Last year alone, Foodbank provided around 20 million meals. The group works with more than 2,500 charities and 1,500 schools, which distribute prepared meals, emergency parcels and food hampers to people who need them.
Learn more about Foodbank’s work.
