Donate Food
GIFT FOOD IN A CLICK
Common Good is like a gift registry, but for charitable causes🤍. Exeter Foodbank has registered. It’s simple!
Exeter foodbank relies on the goodwill and support of local people – we can’t do this without YOU!
Over 90% of the food distributed by foodbanks in The Trussell Trust network is donated by the public – that’s why your food donations are absolutely vital to our ability to give everyone referred to us a balanced and nutritious three day supply of food.
Our shopping list shows the food items that we need right now (not the full range of food we give out). Please ONLY donate items from the above Priority List where possible; this is essential in helping us balance our stock. Please note that we are also unable to give out any items containing alcohol (including steak & ale pies, white wine sauces etc). Thank you for your understanding and support!
Please note that we are only able to make use of in-date, non-perishable food. If you have fresh, chilled or frozen food to date, please contact Exeter Food Action, who re-distribute a range of surplus food to other local charities, and have appropriate storage facilities.
We do also give out non-food items, including toiletries, nappies and female sanitary items and will indicate these on the Priority List when we are in need. Please note that we have exceptionally high stocks of female sanitary items and will not need any more for the forseeable future – thank you!
If you are happy to drop off food donations, please see the table below for our food collection point locations in local supermarkets. (Please note we unfortunately cannot receive donations at our food distribution centres – thank you for your help with this).
- The Mint Methodist Church, behind reception- Fore St, Exeter EX4 3AT
- The Beacon Community Centre, near reception- Pendragon House, Beacon Lane, Exeter EX4 8LZ
- Sainsbury’s- 1 Hill-Barton Road, Exeter, EX1 3PF
- Sainsbury’s– Guildhall Shopping Centre, Exeter EX4 3HH
- Sainsbury’s- Alphington Rd, Exeter EX2 8NH
- Tesco– Exeter Vale Shopping Centre, Russell Way, Exeter EX2 7EZ
- Tesco Express– Main Rd, Exminster, Exeter EX6 8DB
- Tesco Esso Express– 85 Fore St, Heavitree, Exeter EX1 2RN
- Tesco Express– 135 Cowick St, St Thomas, Exeter EX4 1HS
- Co-Operative– 61 – 63 Fore St, Heavitree, Exeter EX1 2RJ
- Co-Operative– Cowick Street, South, Exeter EX4 1AJ
- Co-Operative– 107 Alphington Rd, Marsh Barton, Exeter EX2 8JD
- Co-Operative- Old Tiverton Road, Exeter, EX4 6LG
- Co-Operative- 15 Fore St, Topsham, Exeter EX3 0HF
- Morrisons– Prince Charles Rd, Exeter, EX4 7BY
- Waitrose– Gladstone Rd, Exeter EX1 2ED
- Wilkos– Unit 100, Guildhall Shopping Centre, Exeter EX4 3HP
- Poundland- Unit 6, Exe Bridges Retail Park, Exeter EX4 1AH
- One Stop– Woodwater Ln, Exeter EX2 5NG
- One Stop– 32-34 Burnthouse Ln, Exeter EX2 6BH
- One Stop– 22 Glasshouse Ln, Lower Wear, Exeter EX2 7BR
If you are part of a school, church, community group or company and would like to organise a food collection on our behalf please contact our Operations Manager Summer Varley on 07818 226524 or email info@exeterfoodbank.org.uk.
We are happy to come and do school talks or presentations to groups, especially at Harvest time.
SUPERMARKET COLLECTIONS
To help stock Foodbank shelves we also hold collections at Tesco Exe Vale and Sainsburys Pinhoe, where we ask shoppers to donate items for local people in crisis. For dates of our next collections or to volunteer call Summer Varley on 07818 226524 or email info@exeterfoodbank.org.uk