Hawaii Foodbank operates out of two locations: our 23,668 square-foot warehouse on O‘ahu and our 4,750 square-foot warehouse on Kaua‘i. Both warehouses are AIB inspected and certified for food safety. In our warehouses — we receive, inspect, sort, store, and distribute a variety of food.

We receive food from food manufacturers and growers, food purchases, food retailers and wholesalers, Feeding America, individual and corporate food drives, and federal food commodities.

Volunteers and staff at our warehouses help prepare food for distribution. They inspect dry food and produce by checking the integrity of the food products, sorting categories and boxing items for warehouse storage. This helps prepare food for quicker and more efficient distribution to those in need.

Once food is ready to distribute to our to food partner agencies and programs, our fleet of vehicles loads and distributes food safely throughout O‘ahu and Kaua‘i.

Hawaii Foodbank partners with more than 200 food partner agencies on O‘ahu and Kaua‘i. Our food partner agencies are the most significant distribution avenue in our network – serving food in a variety of ways depending on the needs of their communities. These include food pantries, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, domestic abuse shelters, rehabilitation centers and more.

Together, we distribute food through feeding programs like ‘Ohana Produce Plus, Food 4 Keiki and federal commodity programs.