Falling donations and unprecedented demand push cost of essential items ever upwards, triggering serious ‘knock on effect for charity groups’
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Australia’s food charities are buckling under the cost of living crisis, forced to provide pantry staples for the same cost as, or more than, the major supermarkets.
Falling donations and unprecedented demand have pushed the cost of essential items distributed through Foodbank in New South Wales and Victoria so high that it can be cheaper to shop for generic supermarket brands.
