Since its launch in 2019, FoodForward SA’s six-month TETA-accredited Supply Chain Youth Internship, provided by DQ Staffing Solutions, has included intensive experiential, logistics and theoretical training. By using our foodbanking operations, we help lower the barriers that prevent young people from entering the food supply… Read More »FoodForward SA Helps Increase Opportunities for Unemployed Youth
The devastating COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, created the catalyst for FoodForward SA’s rapid scaling-up plan. In line with this strategic expansion, we have opened our ninth and final warehouse in Mbombela, Mpumalanga. Our Mbombela warehouse will grow into a vital hub, delivering life-changing nutritious food… Read More »FoodForward SA Completes Scaling Project by Launching Branch in Mbombela, Mpumalanga
By volunteering just 67 minutes, you can help FoodForward SA pack essential food parcels that will provide nourishment to vulnerable communities during the cold winter months. Our Mandela Day Packing Event not only commemorates Nelson Mandela’s legacy by addressing the urgent issue of hunger but… Read More »Volunteer for 67 Minutes and Inspire Change
“Employee health and wellness has never been more important and that’s why we’re encouraging our associates around the world to get out, get active, and give back with Move for Good, PepsiCo’s annual healthy living challenge in partnership with the PepsiCo Foundation.” – C. D.… Read More »Pepsico Move for Good for FoodForward SA
At FoodForward SA, we strive to combat hunger, while protecting the environment, and creating a sustainable future for all. Recently, we had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with Fijnveld Farm and bring delicious mandarins packed with essential Vitamin C to those in need. Through our… Read More »Making a Difference: From Farm to Table in Just 2 Days
We are surrounded by mounting uncertainty and unpredictability. Food prices have skyrocketed over the past year, driven by several factors, including load shedding, the war in Ukraine, fuel price increases, a weaker rand, and mounting interest rates. We are surrounded by mounting uncertainty and unpredictability.… Read More »Gloomy Winter for the Poor as Further Food Price Increases Loom
Registered food redistribution non-profit, FoodForward SA (FFSA), is proud to announce the opening of its ninth and newest warehouse in Mbombela, Mpumalanga – signalling the final milestone on its mission to establish a branch in every South African province. “We are grateful to have a… Read More »FoodForward SA expands national footprint with ninth warehouse opening
In March, Eighty20, a data consulting company, released their Credit Stress Report which reveals that more than 800,000 new entrants came into the credit market in the fourth quarter of 2022. “This compares with 600,000 the previous year, signalling a deepening debt spiral among over… Read More »Voices of the Poor: “We have No Choice but to Borrow Money from Loan Sharks to Survive.”
Over the last seven years, FoodForward SA has been the beneficiary of Food Lover’s Market’s annual Hunger Month campaign. The campaign runs from 1 – 31 May 2023 and has become a popular way for South Africans to contribute to our efforts to address food… Read More »Food Lover’s Market Launches 2023 Hunger Month Campaign
Dr Chris Mejia Argueta, research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Transportation and Logistics and Professor Sara Grobbelaar from the Department of Industrial Engineering at Stellenbosch University, are carefully designing and leading collaborative research projects which aim to add value to… Read More »MIT and the University of Stellenbosch partner with FoodForward SA