{"id":12384,"date":"2025-08-05T21:53:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/?post_type=state_sa_nt&#038;p=12384"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:33:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:33:55","slug":"working-with-manufacturers","status":"publish","type":"state_sa_nt","link":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/sa-nt\/what-we-do\/working-with-manufacturers\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturers and their suppliers"},"content":{"rendered":" <section class=\"page-element section theme-dark sticky top-0\" data-pb-label=\"Section\"> <div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\"> <div class=\"column flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"> <h1 class=\"\">Working with manufacturers  <\/h1> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section> <section class=\"page-element section section-rounded-top theme-light\" data-pb-label=\"Section\"> <div class=\"container md:grid-cols-2 grid\" data-pb-label=\"Container\"> <div class=\"column flex items-center\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"\"> <p class=\"\">Our mission is to deliver the most food to the most Australians in need in the most efficient and effective way and our generous partners are essential in achieving this. We simply couldn\u2019t provide the assistance we do without our partners across the food and grocery industry, including the packaging suppliers and food manufacturers.\u00a0  <\/p> <p class=\"\">Through our partnerships we are able to stretch every dollar donated to Foodbank into even more food; nationally on average we are able to turn every $1 donated into the equivalent of $5.16 worth of food to distribute to those in need.  <\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"column flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/More-like-this-Working-with-Manufactures-.jpg\" class=\" \" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section> <section class=\"page-element section section-rounded-top theme-cream\" data-pb-label=\"Section\"> <div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\"> <div class=\"column flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"\"> <p class=\" \"> <\/p> <p class=\"\">We work with our food and grocery manufacturing partners to capture donations of ambient, fresh, chilled and frozen foods, as well as household and personal care products. We receive products for all sorts of reasons and at different stages throughout the manufacturing process;  <\/p> <ul class=\"list-check\"> <li class=\"\">Bulk ingredients,  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Product from test runs or end of production runs,  <\/li> <li class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product that is out of specifications,<\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product that is close to expiry or inside Minimum life requirements<\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product with damaged or incorrect packaging, <\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Underweight product, <\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product that has been deleted,\u00a0<\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Marketing concepts that didn\u2019t quite hit the mark, <\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product\/produce that is simply surplus to requirements, <\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product that is without a market, including private label products. <\/span> <\/li> <\/ul> <p class=\"font-bold\">If it\u2019s still fit for purpose, then chances are we would love to accept it.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">We capture raw or bulk ingredients which might just be out of spec or surplus, but through Foodbank, can be diverted to a charity with cooking facilities, such as a shelter, community kitchen or a dining hall.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">Partners support and provide donations of high demand products as part of a commitment to corporate social responsibility or purely to help fill the current gap between supply and demand.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">Some of our food manufacturing partners are involved and support our world leading <strong class=\"\"><a href=\"\/sa-nt\/collaborative-supply-program\/\" class=\"\">Collaborative Supply Program<\/a><\/strong>. This allows us to produce a regular supply of high demand food products, such as rice, pasta, pasta sauce, fresh milk, cereal and sausages. This is achieved by our food partners, their ingredient, packaging and transport suppliers all providing their component of the end product. Our existing partners find this a great way to engage their teams, suppliers and customers.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">As a food partner you will have access to our full partner benefits, including access to volunteering nationally, attendance of a member of our team to your key event or town hall, case studies and impact updates to share with your team and access to our research reports.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">Is your organisation able to help contribute to fighting hunger in Australia? We\u2019d love to hear from you! <strong class=\"\"><a href=\"mailto:supplychain@foodbank.org.au\" class=\"\">Contact<\/a><\/strong> our Supply Chain Team today to discuss.  <\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section> <section class=\"page-element section section-rounded-top theme-light\" data-pb-label=\"Section\"> <div class=\"container \" data-pb-label=\"Container\"> <div class=\"column theme-dark-bite rounded-xl mx-0 panel-row\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"cta-panel panel-teal\"> <div class=\"flex py-6 px-7 md:py-12\"> <div class=\"md:w-2\/3\"> <h2 class=\"m-0\">DO YOU HAVE FOOD TO DONATE?  <\/h2> <\/div> <div class=\"w-auto m-auto\"> <div class=\"cta-panel-button\"> <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn cta large\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/sa-nt\/support-us\/make-a-donation\/donate-food\/','_self')\">FOOD DONATION  <\/button> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":12184,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12384","state_sa_nt","type-state_sa_nt","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ACF":false,"raw_html":" <section class=\"page-element section theme-dark sticky top-0\" data-pb-label=\"Section\"> <div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\"> <div class=\"column flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"> <h1 class=\"\">Working with manufacturers  <\/h1> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section> <section class=\"page-element section section-rounded-top theme-light\" data-pb-label=\"Section\"> <div class=\"container md:grid-cols-2 grid\" data-pb-label=\"Container\"> <div class=\"column flex items-center\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"\"> <p class=\"\">Our mission is to deliver the most food to the most Australians in need in the most efficient and effective way and our generous partners are essential in achieving this. We simply couldn\u2019t provide the assistance we do without our partners across the food and grocery industry, including the packaging suppliers and food manufacturers.\u00a0  <\/p> <p class=\"\">Through our partnerships we are able to stretch every dollar donated to Foodbank into even more food; nationally on average we are able to turn every $1 donated into the equivalent of $5.16 worth of food to distribute to those in need.  <\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"column flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/More-like-this-Working-with-Manufactures-.jpg\" class=\" \" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section> <section class=\"page-element section section-rounded-top theme-cream\" data-pb-label=\"Section\"> <div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\"> <div class=\"column flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"\"> <p class=\" \"> <\/p> <p class=\"\">We work with our food and grocery manufacturing partners to capture donations of ambient, fresh, chilled and frozen foods, as well as household and personal care products. We receive products for all sorts of reasons and at different stages throughout the manufacturing process;  <\/p> <ul class=\"list-check\"> <li class=\"\">Bulk ingredients,  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Product from test runs or end of production runs,  <\/li> <li class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product that is out of specifications,<\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product that is close to expiry or inside Minimum life requirements<\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product with damaged or incorrect packaging, <\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Underweight product, <\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product that has been deleted,\u00a0<\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Marketing concepts that didn\u2019t quite hit the mark, <\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product\/produce that is simply surplus to requirements, <\/span> <\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\" class=\"\">Product that is without a market, including private label products. <\/span> <\/li> <\/ul> <p class=\"font-bold\">If it\u2019s still fit for purpose, then chances are we would love to accept it.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">We capture raw or bulk ingredients which might just be out of spec or surplus, but through Foodbank, can be diverted to a charity with cooking facilities, such as a shelter, community kitchen or a dining hall.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">Partners support and provide donations of high demand products as part of a commitment to corporate social responsibility or purely to help fill the current gap between supply and demand.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">Some of our food manufacturing partners are involved and support our world leading <strong class=\"\"><a href=\"\/sa-nt\/collaborative-supply-program\/\" class=\"\">Collaborative Supply Program<\/a><\/strong>. This allows us to produce a regular supply of high demand food products, such as rice, pasta, pasta sauce, fresh milk, cereal and sausages. This is achieved by our food partners, their ingredient, packaging and transport suppliers all providing their component of the end product. Our existing partners find this a great way to engage their teams, suppliers and customers.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">As a food partner you will have access to our full partner benefits, including access to volunteering nationally, attendance of a member of our team to your key event or town hall, case studies and impact updates to share with your team and access to our research reports.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">Is your organisation able to help contribute to fighting hunger in Australia? We\u2019d love to hear from you! <strong class=\"\"><a href=\"mailto:supplychain@foodbank.org.au\" class=\"\">Contact<\/a><\/strong> our Supply Chain Team today to discuss.  <\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section> <section class=\"page-element section section-rounded-top theme-light\" data-pb-label=\"Section\"> <div class=\"container \" data-pb-label=\"Container\"> <div class=\"column theme-dark-bite rounded-xl mx-0 panel-row\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"cta-panel panel-teal\"> <div class=\"flex py-6 px-7 md:py-12\"> <div class=\"md:w-2\/3\"> <h2 class=\"m-0\">DO YOU HAVE FOOD TO DONATE?  <\/h2> <\/div> <div class=\"w-auto m-auto\"> <div class=\"cta-panel-button\"> <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn cta large\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/sa-nt\/support-us\/make-a-donation\/donate-food\/','_self')\">FOOD DONATION  <\/button> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section>","author_name":"Foodbank","spinnr_header":"default_spinnr_header","spinnr_mobile_menu":"default_spinnr_mobile_menu","spinnr_footer":"default_spinnr_footer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state_sa_nt\/12384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state_sa_nt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/state_sa_nt"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state_sa_nt\/12384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15356,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state_sa_nt\/12384\/revisions\/15356"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state_sa_nt\/12184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}