How To Help:
Food Industry Donations
Retail groceries, food manufactures, growers and food distributors now have a cost effective way to manage unsalable food and non-food items by donating to the Food Bank. For every pound of food donated, the Food Bank can provide the equivalent of .8 meals!
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“Businesses thrive when the community and their workers are healthy and happy. Businesspeople should care greatly about the needs of our community, and I'm so glad that H-E-B and I can work with the Food Bank to help make this a reality." Laura Estes - H-E-B Director of Retail Operations Central Texas Region, CAFB Board Member |
Why Donate?
In addition to helping the more than 40,000 Central Texans each week who receive emergency food assistance, your business enjoys a variety of benefits.
Save Money: Save on disposal costs of unsalable food, eliminate surplus inventory and maximize the efficiency of your warehouse. Federal tax law permits you to deduct your donation.
Free Donation Pick Up: For donations more than 350 lbs, the Food Bank can pick up your donation. Schedule a donation pick-up online.
Professional Donation Management: All donations are tracked using a coding system for product recall management and to ensure your donation does not re-enter the marketplace. The Food Bank's warehouse and truck fleet can safely handle the transportation and storage of frozen, refrigerated and shelf-stable product.
The Food Bank follows America's Second Harvest - the Nation's Food Bank Network and the Texas Department of Health safety standards. All drivers are DOT certified.
Community Recognition and Goodwill: Your brand integrity is maintained through the distribution process. The Food Bank also promotes donors in marketing communications and provides you with any receipts and acknowledgments needed.
Liability Protection: The Federal Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act protects you from civil and criminal liability.
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Total pallet position: 1,763 (80.14 truckloads) |
What Should I Donate? 
The Food Bank accepts cases, pallets and truckloads of most food and non-food items that have intact, first-use, consumer or commercial packaging. Healthy, table-quality produce - especially meat, dairy and bread - are most welcome.
- Close or out-of-code items
- Discontinued and test-market items
- Cosmetically damaged, mislabeled or unlabeled items
- Off-spec items, over runs and partial cases
- Customer returns or refusals
- Promotional, seasonal & private-label items
- Bulk or food service size
What happens to my food donation?
After being checked for safety and quality, the Food Bank distributes your food donation to one or more of 370 Partner Agencies across 21 Central Texas counties. Partner Agencies including soup kitchens, pantries and shelters then provide food to hungry Central Texans.
Learn More
Sign up for the Food Industry Insider E-newsletter: Your quarterly e-newsletter about donating to CAFB.
Learn about how food banking works.
Contact
Dana Shelton, Food Resources Director
