{"id":12385,"date":"2025-08-05T21:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/?post_type=state_sa_nt&#038;p=12385"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:39:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:39:18","slug":"working-with-wholesalers-and-retailers","status":"publish","type":"state_sa_nt","link":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/sa-nt\/what-we-do\/working-with-wholesalers-and-retailers\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with wholesalers and retailers"},"content":{"rendered":" <section class=\"section page-element theme-dark section-rounded-top 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 wholesalers and retailers  <\/h1> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section> <div class=\"section theme-light section-rounded-top\" data-pb-label=\"Section\"> <div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\"> <div class=\"column\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"content-block\" data-pb-label=\"Content Block\"> <p class=\"\">Our generous partners are essential in helping us achieve our mission of delivering the most food to the most Australians in need in the most efficient and effective way. We simply couldn\u2019t provide the assistance we do without the generosity and support of our wonderful partners from right across the food and grocery industry, including our wholesale and retail partners.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">We work with the retailers and wholesalers at a DC\/warehouse level to capture donations of ambient, chilled and fresh foods and personal and household products. We receive products for all sorts of reasons;  <\/p> <ul class=\"list-check\"> <li class=\"\">Out of specification,  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Close to expiry  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Damaged or incorrect packaging or underweight,  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Deleted product,  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Surplus to requirement,  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Private label  <\/li> <\/ul> <p class=\"\">If it\u2019s still fit for purpose, chances are we\u2019ll accept it.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">Some ways retailers or wholesalers help:  <\/p> <ul class=\"list-check\"> <li style=\"\" class=\"\">Provide Foodbank with initial introductions to suppliers.  <\/li> <li style=\"\" class=\"\">Approve private label manufacturers and suppliers to donate products to Foodbank.  <\/li> <li style=\"\" class=\"\">Allow Foodbank to use spare freight capacity within its national network. This helps us share product across our national network.  <\/li> <\/ul> <p class=\"\">Is your organisation able to help contribute to fighting hunger in Australia? We\u2019d love to hear from you! Contact our <a href=\"mailto:supplychain@foodbank.org.au\" class=\"\">Supply Chain Team<\/a> today to discuss.  <\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <section class=\"section section-rounded-top theme-cream\" 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-12385","state_sa_nt","type-state_sa_nt","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ACF":false,"raw_html":" <section class=\"section page-element theme-dark section-rounded-top 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 wholesalers and retailers  <\/h1> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/section> <div class=\"section theme-light section-rounded-top\" data-pb-label=\"Section\"> <div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\"> <div class=\"column\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"> <div class=\"content-block\" data-pb-label=\"Content Block\"> <p class=\"\">Our generous partners are essential in helping us achieve our mission of delivering the most food to the most Australians in need in the most efficient and effective way. We simply couldn\u2019t provide the assistance we do without the generosity and support of our wonderful partners from right across the food and grocery industry, including our wholesale and retail partners.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">We work with the retailers and wholesalers at a DC\/warehouse level to capture donations of ambient, chilled and fresh foods and personal and household products. We receive products for all sorts of reasons;  <\/p> <ul class=\"list-check\"> <li class=\"\">Out of specification,  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Close to expiry  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Damaged or incorrect packaging or underweight,  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Deleted product,  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Surplus to requirement,  <\/li> <li class=\"\">Private label  <\/li> <\/ul> <p class=\"\">If it\u2019s still fit for purpose, chances are we\u2019ll accept it.  <\/p> <p class=\"\">Some ways retailers or wholesalers help:  <\/p> <ul class=\"list-check\"> <li style=\"\" class=\"\">Provide Foodbank with initial introductions to suppliers.  <\/li> <li style=\"\" class=\"\">Approve private label manufacturers and suppliers to donate products to Foodbank.  <\/li> <li style=\"\" class=\"\">Allow Foodbank to use spare freight capacity within its national network. This helps us share product across our national network.  <\/li> <\/ul> <p class=\"\">Is your organisation able to help contribute to fighting hunger in Australia? We\u2019d love to hear from you! 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