Foodbank Awards Patties Foods Ltd For Outstanding Efforts To Combat Hunger In Australia.

28-Nov-2011

The nation's largest food relief organisation, Foodbank Australia, has recognised the exceptional contribution of four companies in tackling the pressing problem of hunger in Australia.

The Australian Dairy Industry, SPC Ardmona, Patties Foods and Lotterywest received the 2011 Foodbank Awards at the Australian Food and Grocery Council's (AFGC) Annual Industry Leaders' Gala Dinner held at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

Foodbank's Innovation Award went to Patties Foods for providing a total solution to generating food by arranging the manufacture of 138,000 of its iconic Four'N Twenty meat pies especially for Foodbank.

Patties Foods negotiated with all its suppliers to provide their materials and services free of charge and more than 70 staff and management volunteered their time on a Saturday to produce the pies at the Bairnsdale bakery. The staff worked in shifts while the management provided a BBQ and entertainment with prizes donated by the local Bairnsdale community.

Below is a photo of Managing Director Greg Bourke receiving the award.