With the support of Kinetic, Fodbank Victoria has transformed two 18-metre buses normally used for airport transfers, into the coolest mobile supermarkets on the planet.
Foodbank’s bright purple supermarket bus was in Whittlesea on June 18 pulling up in the car park behind the Thomastown Library to help feed those finding it tough to put food on the table.
The pantry on wheels offers a miniature supermarket experience with shelving and refrigeration stocked with a range of fresh produce, pantry, and essential items to help needy families across the region.
The bus visits culturally diverse communities across Melbourne with ingredients to suit their needs. Each mobile supermarket delivers 2,000 kg of fresh, healthy food – that’s 3,636 meals every trip.
Foodbank’s mobile supermarkets have distributed over 545,425 healthy, culturally appropriate meals to date, 247,642 in the last 12 months.
Foodbank Victoria CEO Dave McNamara said the mobile supermarket program allows many struggling Victorians to access healthy and nutritious food.
“This is a concept that allows us to visit people who often don’t have the capacity to travel or who aren’t receiving food relief in the traditional ways. It also allows us to provide a truly bespoke food relief service to the emerging culturally and linguistically diverse communities around metro Melbourne.
“Local families hit hardest by the rising cost of living can access fresh food and pantry staples – all free of charge.”
Foodbank’s supermarket bus will return to Thomastown on Wednesday 25 June between 10.30am and noon at Main Street Recreation Reserve, 54-76 Main Street, Thomastown. Appointments can be made at foodbankvictoriamarkets.appointedd.com
