PAK'canSAVE - June

Posted: 12 July 2021

We collected approximately 40,000 cans of food during our inaugural PAK’canSAVE campaign!

Thank you to our legendary customers - your generosity will help NZ’s City Missions, foodbanks and food rescue organisations feed New Zealanders who desperately need our support this Winter.

These product donations, coupled with the brand’s collective $100,000 donation, will have a significant impact in Aotearoa’s communities. Ka pai, New Zealand!

 

Posted: 28 June 2021
Lend a hand, give a can and feed a Kiwi fam – inaugural PAK’canSAVE campaign aims to feed New Zealand’s City Missions and food banks with canned goods and $100,000 donation

A can-do attitude goes a long way, but a can of spaghetti for a struggling family can go much further.
PAK’nSAVE’s inaugural PAK’canSAVE campaign, on now until 11 July, asks customers to give a can and help feed a hungry fam.

Every PAK’nSAVE store has partnered with their local City Mission, foodbank or food rescue organisation to feed hungry families in their community. All product donations will benefit these groups and on top of our customers’ generous donations, PAK’nSAVE will collectively donate $100,000 to PAK’canSAVE beneficiaries.

“PAK’canSAVE is the brand’s first CSR-driven campaign and brings to life our commitment to be #HereforNZ in the communities where our stores are privileged to operate and call home,” said Jamie Hodgetts, Head of Marketing & CX, PAK’nSAVE. “The campaign builds on every store’s ongoing relationship they already have with local foodbanks and food rescue orgs. Food insecurity is too prevalent in our communities, but we believe New Zealander should have access to healthy and affordable food.

By asking customers to lend a hand and donate a can, we can collectively stock the pantries of organisations who work tirelessly to feed New Zealanders, and by PAK’nSAVE making a financial contribution to these organisations, we can give them the critical support they need to scale their services and support the people who need our help the most.”

Winter and Christmas sees charities across New Zealand experience greater demand from their communities, with Kiwis most likely to give up food when children become sick and or heating bills increase. Food parcels distributed by local foodbanks and food rescue organisations ease the pressure of not knowing where a family’s next meal is going to come from, giving them the ingredients to make a healthy and nutritious meal.

“Extra pressure goes on the household budget in winter,” says Murray Edridge, City Missioner of The Wellington City Mission. “Power bills go up and visits to the doctors become more frequent. For families in our community that are already on the edge, it’s those things that can push them over. The pressure and stress to pay the bills is immense and often there is simply not enough money left over to buy food. We are really grateful for the PAK’canSAVE initiative and the generosity of every person who can give a can!”

New Zealanders are struggling,” says Murray Edridge, City Missioner, Wellington City Mission. “From Covid-19 implications or an increase in heating costs or sickness from the cold weather, families are turning to organisations like their local City Mission or foodbank more often and for longer periods of time.
We’re grateful to be one of the many organisations receiving support from their local PAK’nSAVE during their PAK’canSAVE campaign, and equally as grateful to every person who can give a can and help feed hungry New Zealanders.”

The PAK’canSAVE campaign has enlisted the brand’s most trusted ambassador, Stickman, to sing a rallying cry and encourage people to get involved. Stickman’s ‘Can Can’ song is an infectious melody and a legitimate call to action, calling on New Zealanders to give a can.

Check out who your local store is supporting below or pop into your local to learn more.

Region	Store	Food bank/ Food   Rescue Organisation
NI	Albany	Auckland City Mission
NI	Botany	Auckland city mission
NI	Cameron Road	Good Neighbour
NI	Clarence Street	Women’s   Refuge
NI	Gisborne	SuperGrans Tairawhiti
NI	Glen Innes	Auckland City Mission
NI	Hastings	Hastings Foodbank
NI	Hawera	The Kai Kitchen Trust
NI	Kaitaia	Far North Community Foodbank Trust
NI	Kapiti	Kapiti Foodbank
NI	Kilbirnie	Wellington City Mission
NI	Levin	Salvation Army Food Bank, Levin
NI	Lincoln Road	Auckland City Mission
NI	Lower Hutt	Wellington City Mission
NI	Mangere	Auckland city mission
NI	Manukau	Auckland City Mission
NI	Masterton	Masterton Food Bank
NI	Mill Street	Hamilton Food Bank
NI	Mt Albert	Auckland City Mission
NI	Napier	Ahuriri Covid 19 Response Hub
NI	New Plymouth	new Plymouth foodbank
NI	Ormiston	Auckland City Mission
NI	Palmerston North	Palmerston North Foodbank
NI	Papakura	Auckland City Mission
NI	Papamoa	Tauranga foodbank
NI	Petone	Wellington city mission
NI	Porirua	Wellington City Mission
NI	Pukekohe	Franklin Family Support Services, Pukekohe
NI	Rotorua	Rotorua Salvation Army
NI	Royal Oak	Auckland City Mission
NI	Silverdale	Auckland City Mission
NI	Sylvia Park	Auckland City Mission
NI	Tamatea	Napier Community Foodbank Trust
NI	Taupo	Te Whare Oranga Wairua Maori Women’s Refuge
NI	Tauriko	Good Neighbour
NI	Te Awamutu	TA Chapel, Pam Groube (NCU Waikato Hospital), TA   Combined Churches
NI	Thames	Thames Foodbank
NI	Upper Hutt	Wellington City Mission
NI	Wairau Road	Auckland City Mission
NI	Wanganui	Whanganui City Mission
NI	Westgate	Auckland City Mission
NI	Whakatane	Whakatane Women's Refuge, SPCA & Ste Vincent food   bank
NI	Whangarei	Soul Food Whangarei
SI	PNS Blenheim	Picton and Blenheim Foodbanks
SI	PNS Dunedin	Salvation Army Dunedin
SI	PNS Hornby	Foodbank Canterbury
SI	PNS Invercargill	Southland Foodbank Charitable Trust
SI	PNS Moorhouse	Christchurch City Mission
SI	PNS Northlands	Christchurch City Mission
SI	PNS Queenstown	Kiwi Harvest
SI	PNS Rangiora	Hope Community Trust
SI	PNS Riccarton	Christchurch City Mission
SI	PNS Richmond	Salvation Army
SI	PNS Timaru	Salvation Army Timaru
SI	PNS Wainoni	City Harvest Food Rescue