For a household that already buys fruit and veg

Decent fruit and veg. For the foodbank. Without the trip.

A weekly bag from the same growers, without the supermarket trip. Ask for double of anything your family will eat. Fruit and veg your family will not eat goes to the local foodbank instead, or the foodbank receives the cash for it.

Ask your club, school, charity or foodbank
Volunteers packing crates of fresh fruit and vegetables at a hall table

Before your first bag

  • It does not start the day you join.
  • Ask your club, school, charity or foodbank. Once they are on, unwanted produce can go to the local foodbank.
  • Then the suburb needs enough neighbours. That can take a few weeks, and telling someone is what shortens it.
  • You are not charged until it starts.

How a bag reaches your door

Four steps, one of which is you telling us what your family will not eat.

  1. 1

    You order

    A weekly bag of fruit and veg from the same growers the supermarkets buy from.

  2. 2

    Double it, or take it out

    Ask for double of anything your family will eat. Anything your family will not eat goes to the foodbank instead.

  3. 3

    A hall packs

    About five people, about an hour, on a quiet weekday.

  4. 4

    Evening drop

    Thursday or Friday, depending on your community, when you are home.

Fruit and veg your family does not eat can go to the local foodbank, or the foodbank can receive the cash instead.

Does this sound like you?

Three ordinary weeknights, not a campaign.

Home at seven

You are not doing the supermarket after work, and Saturday in the fruit and veg aisle is not the plan either.

Double it, or take it out

Your family eats bananas and will not touch leeks. You want to say so without building a whole order.

A hall, one hour

Neighbours pack it on a quiet weekday. You might end up being one of them.

The parts people ask about

Open the one you need. Nothing here is hidden in the small print.

How it works, in full Order, choose, hall pack, evening drop.

You order a weekly bag. Before it is packed you say what your family will eat double of, and what it will not eat at all. A hall near you packs the round, and a local person brings it to your door in the evening, when you are home.

  • You either double something or take it out. It is not a swap for something else, and it is not a full shopping list.
  • Packing happens on a quiet weekday, and the drop is Thursday or Friday depending on your community.
  • A local person on a paid evening run brings it. It is not a gig app and it is not twenty minutes.
What if it does not come? Short weeks, and what actually happens to them.

Do not treat this as a supermarket standing order. A round runs when enough of the suburb has ordered, and some weeks that does not happen.

  • If a week is short, it is postponed before the fruit and veg order is placed and before anyone is charged.
  • If your suburb never reaches enough people, the round does not start and you are not charged.
  • You can skip a week, pause, or stop altogether.
Where the money goes What you are paying for, and what the foodbank gets.

You are paying for a bag of fruit and veg. It is a purchase, not a donation.

  • Fruit and veg your family does not eat goes to the local foodbank, or the foodbank receives the cash for it.
  • Leftover surplus after the cut-off goes to the local foodbank as well.
  • A week where nobody takes anything out and every bag is filled sends nothing from your round, but that is highly unlikely.

What a bag of fruit and vege costs

$30 a week Delivered, GST inclusive. A $20 bag plus $10 delivery.

Comparable with the supermarket, and transparent about where the cost sits. Growers are not squeezed on price, some of it stays with the club or the community, and you skip Saturday in the fruit and veg aisle. Collection is not generally offered, so $30 delivered is the price.

You are not charged until your suburb's round actually starts.

Ask your club, school, charity or foodbank

A round starts with a group, not with a form. Take the one page below to a group you already belong to. Once they are on, unwanted produce can go to the local foodbank.

Ask your club, school, charity or foodbank

It starts when they say yes, and when the suburb has enough people. That can take a few weeks.

See the whole platform

One page to take to the group A weekly bag. For the foodbank. Without the supermarket.

What it is

Households order fruit and veg from the same growers the supermarkets buy from. They ask for double of what their family will eat, and anything the family will not eat goes to the local foodbank instead, or the foodbank receives the cash for it. A hall packs the round and a local person drops it in the evening.

What it is not

Not a bag the week you join. Not a twenty-minute delivery app. Not a standing supermarket order. Not a cut-price shop, and not a donation form.

Cost

$30 a week delivered, GST inclusive, and only once the suburb is running. Nobody is charged before that. The group is not buying the round and there is no fee to host it.

Risk

It does not start the week people join, and a round that never reaches enough neighbours does not start at all. A short week is postponed before the fruit and veg order is placed and before anyone is charged.

Who is liable

Insurance and food safety are backed by the distributor and aggregator of fruit and veg at the wholesale level.

Decide

Take this to your club, school, charity or foodbank and ask whether they would host a round. There is no software for a neighbour to approve.

The same providers supply the supermarket chains, who deal in pallet loads of fruit and veg every week.

Questions

The ones people actually ask.

There is no round here. What do I do?

Ask your club, school, charity or foodbank. Once they are on, unwanted produce can go to the local foodbank. Then the suburb still needs enough neighbours, and that can take a few weeks.

When do I get my first bag?

After a group is on, and after your suburb has enough people. That can take a few weeks. You are not charged until it starts. The drop is Thursday or Friday, depending on your community, and you will get a weekly update via email.

What if it never gets enough people?

Then it does not start, and you are not charged. Asking a group, and then telling neighbours, is the lever. We do not promise a date.

Will it come every week after that?

Do not treat it as a supermarket standing order. If a week is short, we postpone it before the fruit and veg order is placed and before you are charged.

How does this compare to the supermarket?

Comparable. Supermarkets squeeze growers on price and we are transparent about our costs. Some of it stays with the club or the community, so they are better off, and you are about where you were without Saturday in the fruit and veg aisle.

Can I choose what is in it?

You can ask for double of something, or take something out altogether.

Is this a church thing?

Unwanted produce goes to the local foodbank. This page does not name a church, and a neighbour invite does not have to either.

When does it arrive?

Thursday or Friday, depending on your community, in the evening when you are home. Not until the suburb has enough neighbours.

Can I skip a week?

Yes. You can skip a week, pause, or stop altogether.

Who brings it?

A local person on a paid evening run. Not a gig app.

How do I know it helped?

Fruit and veg your family does not eat goes to the foodbank, or the foodbank receives the cash for it. Leftover surplus after the cut-off goes as well. A week where nobody takes anything out and every bag is filled sends nothing from that round, but that is highly unlikely.