FOOD INDUSTRY DONATIONS

Retail grocers, food manufacturers, growers and food distributors have a cost-effective way to manage un-salable food and non-food items by donating to CAFB.

CAFB Facilities

Total pallet position: 1,763 (80.14 truckloads)
Total warehouse space: 39,179 sq. ft.
Cooler space: 2,996 sq. ft., 12 pick slots, 140 reserve pallet positions
Freezer space: 4,346 sq. ft., 49 pick slots, 285 reserve pallet positions
Refrigerated trucks: light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks Separate receiving and distribution docks

“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 CAFB to help make this a reality." - Laura Estes, H-E-B Director of Retail Operations Central Texas Region

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 un-salable 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., CAFB can pick up your donation. Schedule a pick-up.

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. CAFB's warehouse and truck fleet can safely handle the transportation and storage of frozen, refrigerated and shelf-stable products. CAFB follows Feeding America and Texas Department of Health safety standards. All drivers are DOT certified.

Community Recognition and Goodwill: Your brand integrity is maintained through the distribution process. CAFB 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. President Bill Clinton signed this act on October 1, 1996, to encourage donation of food and grocery products to non-profit organizations for distribution to individuals in need. This law:

Protects you from liability when you donate to a non-profit organization.
Protects you from civil and criminal liability should the product donated in good faith later cause harm to the recipient.
Standardizes donor liability exposure. You or your legal counsel do not need to investigate liability laws in 50 states.
Sets a floor of “gross negligence” or intentional misconduct for persons who donate grocery products. According to the new law, gross negligence is defined as “voluntary and conscious conduct by a person with knowledge (at the time of conduct) that the conduct is likely to be harmful to the health or well being of another person.”

What should I donate?

CAFB accepts cases, pallets and truckloads of most food and non-food items with intact, first-use, consumer or commercial packaging. Healthy, table-quality produce, and 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 and private-label items
Bulk or food service sizes

What happens to my food donation?

After being checked for safety and quality, CAFB distributes your food donation to one or more of our 300 Partner Agencies across 21 Central Texas counties. Partner Agencies, including soup kitchens, pantries and shelters, then provide the food to hungry Central Texans.

Learn about how food banking works.

For more information, email us.