Hawke's Bay has joined Auckland and Christchurch's distribution centres, with an arm of the New Zealand Food Network setting up shop in Hastings.
The New Zealand Food Network deals with bulk, national scale quantities of food waste, rescuing food for vulnerable communities from Whangarei to Invercargill and as of October 13, Hastings.
New Zealand Food Network CEO Gavin Findlay said the company discovered a big gap where bulk food waste was concerned, which needed an outlet that wasn't the landfill.
"What we do is supplementary to local food hubs, they're the tentacles that reach into the local community.