Supporting our community in good times and bad
We are currently working with Foodbank in response to their request to provide food to flood victims across Queensland and to date have donated over $400,000 worth of product including food and beverage and pet food. In addition to this we are donating $100,000 directly to the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal in Queensland
Sadly, the devastation of large-scale natural disasters is being felt in other countries also. Our thoughts and best wishes are with those people in New Zealand affected by the Christchurch earthquake. Nestle New Zealand is providing support to those affected and the volunteers helping with the clean-up effort.
Nestlé has had a long-standing partnership with Foodbank Australia. Partnering with groups such as Nestlé and other food and grocery donors, Foodbank provides food to a network of welfare agencies which prepare meals and food for the poor and hungry. Foodbank distributes some 17 million kilos of donated food and groceries each year, making around 23 million meals, and helping to feed 60,000 people a day.
Nestlé donates unsaleable or surplus food – which is safe and nutritious – that is distributed through state Foodbanks, as well as donating shop-saleable food to the annual ‘Donate Food Day’.
In 2009, Nestlé donated some 330 tonnes of food products to Foodbank Australia. Since 2004 our total food donations equate to some 3,800 tonnes. In New Zealand, Nestlé donated $2.3 million of product to organisations such as City Mission and Salvation Army.
With our focus on leaner and more efficient operations, Nestlé continues to look at innovative ways it can further contribute to Foodbank’s efforts. In 2009, Nestlé Uncle Tobys donated an entire day’s production as part of a collaborative initiative with Foodbank. This initiative delivered some 1.4 million bowls of porridge to Australians in need and was a true collaborative effort. Uncle Tobys provided the manufacturing – with our employees volunteering their time; farmers in Western Australia provided the cereals; packaging was provided by Amcor; and transportation and distribution was provided by the Toll Group.
Visit the Foodbank website