Donate Food
Food Rescue – Surplus Food
We are able to accept almost any food you can think of – fruit, vegetables, manufactured food and drinks, café or restaurant meals prepared in a commercial kitchen – we make sure donated food is promptly distributed to the community.
We accept donations of any size – from a green-fingered local dropping off home-grown pumpkins to large manufacturers and commercial growers donating their production surplus – we can make sure food that’s good to eat is given to the community.
Get in touch to see how we can work together
Produce from your garden
Produce from your garden is so appreciated by our community! If you have surplus produce from your vege patch or fruit trees that you would like to donate, please drop it off to us at:
- 513 Queen Street West, Hastings
(Monday to Friday, 8.30am-5.00pm) - or 47 Edmundson St, Napier
(Monday – Thursday, mornings only).
Food Banks – Non-Perishable Food Donations
Donations of the following food items are always needed:
- Pasta, rice, canned goods (e.g., pasta sauce)
- Crackers, biscuits
- Honey, peanut butter
- Long-life milk (UHT)
- Canned meat or fish
- Coffee, tea, cereals, juice
Please note: Homemade food can’t be accepted.
We can help with material for your newsletters, visits to Nourished for Nil for your group, providing a speaker – please get in touch and we’ll make a plan!
Food Safety
Nourished for Nil takes food safety seriously. We do our best to ensure all donated food is fit for consumption.
Many businesses are reluctant to donate their unsold food due to food safety risks. However, the New Zealand Food Act 2014 specifically permits businesses to donate unsold food. Known colloquially as the ‘Good Samaritan Clause’, clause 352 clearly states that companies can donate or give away unsold food and are protected from any liability provided the food is safe and suitable to eat when it is donated, and you advise us if there’s anything specific we need to do to maintain the food’s safety.
Clause 352 stipulates that businesses who donate food can’t be found liable if someone becomes ill. As soon as the food is donated the responsibility falls on the organisation which collects the food.
