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Woolworths Kingaroy store manager Karla Matson, South Burnett Pantry volunteer Errol McCullagh and Pantry leader Jim Bennett on Friday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 7, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every Friday about 75 of the region’s residents come to the South Burnett Pantry in Kingaroy to take home the necessities of life.<\/p>\n

Jim Bennett, a pastor with the Christian Life Centre which shares the lease on the Pantry’s Stolzenberg Road premises, said the shoppers didn’t have to be receiving Centrelink benefits to qualify.<\/p>\n

They sign in, receive a number and sit quietly – or browse the attached thrift shop, or enjoy the Lions Club sausage sizzle – until it is their turn to inspect what is on the shelves this week.<\/p>\n

There are unemployed men and women, young couples, the elderly, pensioners, farmers and even some small business people.<\/p>\n

They pay $40 for a weekly shop of meat, bread, fruit and vegetables, milk and eggs, frozen goods, dry goods, personal products and toiletries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We try to quadruple (the value) of their money,” Jim said.<\/p>\n

“Depending on the week and what is available, it will be somewhere between triple and quadruple the value.”<\/p>\n

And no one can fault the service – volunteers even wheel the purchases in a barrow out to the shopper’s car.<\/p>\n

Nearly every week two people from The Pantry travel down to Brisbane to source goods from the Foodbank at Morningside and OzHarvest at Nudgee.<\/p>\n

From time-to-time donations of foodstuffs also come in\u00a0from South Burnett businesses, including Swickers and local supermarkets.<\/p>\n

During July, shoppers who don’t use The Pantry in Kingaroy may be able to indirectly help those who do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Woolworths has entered into a partnership with Foodbank to assist their annual public food appeal.<\/p>\n

The Foodbank’s “Shop & Share” campaign will be matching donations of products from some of Australia\u2019s top brands with customer purchases at Woolworths.<\/p>\n

Shoppers at any Woolworths in Queensland – including the Kingaroy supermarket – will trigger a one-for-one donation each time they purchase particular products.<\/p>\n

Participating brands include the Woolworths range, Ardmona, Devondale, John West, Chicken Tonight, Old El Paso, Vetta, McCain, Helga\u2019s, SunRice, SPC, Primo, Mount Franklin, Continental and Sanitarium.<\/p>\n

This means a shopper in Kingaroy can trigger a donation of the same item, which could then well find its way back to The Pantry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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