Help us provide food to neighbours across Mississauga in a safe and simple way while reducing food waste.

Benefits of Donating Surplus Food

  • Reduce waste and greenhouse gases while saving on disposal fees.
  • Help your local community and neighbours in need while fulfilling your corporate social responsibility goals.
  • Simplified process for giving large-scale donations.
  • Efficient distribution network covering food banks and programs across Mississauga and other food banks throughout Ontario.
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What We Accept and Need

  • Donations from grocery stores, retailers, manufacturers, processors, farms, distributors, wholesalers, and more.
  • Our most needed items: protein, fruit and vegetables, grains, cooking oil, and baby food and formula.
  • Dry, fresh, and frozen goods.
  • Short-dated products, close-to-code items, or dry goods close to the best-before date.

Read Ontario Ministry of Health’s reference document for safe food donations

Food Safety

  • Food Banks Mississauga is committed to food safety.
  • Our team is trained in safe food handling practices.
  • We have refrigerated vehicles to ensure the safe transport of perishable items.
  • We maintain the cold chain from donation to distribution.
  • Our warehouse has a capacity of 1,000 pallet spaces, with a large fridge and freezer to accommodate substantial quantities of donated food.
  • The Donation of Food Act protects donors from liability when donating food in good faith.
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+9.1M lbs

We distributed food for over 9 million meals, which is a 55% increase from the previous year.

+18.4M kg

Using Food Banks Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Calculator, we saved a total of 18,469,320 kg of greenhouse gas emissions across all of our programs.

$58B in food waste

Every year, $58 billion worth of food is wasted. That’s enough to cover groceries for 3.7 million Canadian families a year.

Source: The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste: The Roadmap