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Charities We Support

7.163 million food items removed from the waste stream – Supporting Just Zilch

Our Marketing Manager Ashley has chosen Just Zilch as her #SmartPackGivingBack Charity of choice this week because she appreciates how Rebecca and the team collect what would otherwise be wasted and return it to those in need.

It’s safe to say we would all be quite shocked at how much food goes to waste every single day. The supermarkets, cafes. schools and all other food based businesses will all have some sort left over goods at the end of the day, so 11 years ago Rebecca saw an opportunity to help her community.

Just Zilch is located at 248 Featherston Street Pamerston North and has 2 shifts where they open their doors to the public: 1:00 – 2:30pm & 4:30 – 6pm. On average they support around 250 people with food and goods each day and that in turn supports the family members they take it home to which would in reality be closer to 750 a day!

Take a look at how you too can support Just Zilch:

For more information on Just Zilch, visit their website.

If you would like to donate you can do so here.

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Supporting St John

It was our Managing Director, Leon’s turn to choose a charity to support for our #SmartPackGivingBack initiative and he chose to donate to the worthy volunteers at St John.

St John have a multitude of different initiatives that help those in need out in our communities. These include intiatives such as: Health Shuttles, Caring Caller, Friends of the emergency department/hospital friends, ASB St Johns in schools, Youth programmes and Partnered programmes.

They encourage people to volunteer if they have a passion for helping others and have the time to give to the community. St John heavily relies on donations for these community services and encourages anyone who can to support the cause.

For more information on St John visit their website.

If you would like to donate you can do so here or at your local St John Op Shop.

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A more sustainable packaging option for Sharpes Farm Feeds

We’re all about Bags and Sacks that deliver the goods and when Sharpes needed a more sustainable way to deliver their feeds we jumped on board as their packaging partner.

With recycling under pressure, WPP bags have great functionalities but aren’t so friendly on the environment. Sharpes took a leap with us and you’ll now see their lifestyle range in Multi-wall Paper Bags.

Sharpes saw their packaging as an opportunity to do things differently, watch for more on how we helped them do exactly that:

For more information on Sharpes Stock Feed visit their website.

If you would like to learn more about our paper bag options feel free to email us or give us a call on +64 6 356 9835

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