Food Depot Alimentaire

• Staggering food bank demand ‘not sustainable,’ says one supplier in N.B.

  Food banks in New Brunswick are continuing to struggle in the face of growing demand, and it's prompting one supplier to call the situation unsustainable. 

  Canada

  Feb 22
  
• Much-needed $2M from province allows Food Depot Alimentaire to maintain services: executive director

  Food Depot Alimentaire executive director Stéphane Sirois said the depot's operating budget has skyrocketed due to a perfect storm of factors.

  Economy

  Jan 16, 2023
  
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• Hundreds of volunteers in Moncton, N.B. deliver food boxes to those in need

  As part of the Food Depot Alimentaire's annual Christmas Box program, 1,700 households in the Greater Moncton area received boxes with over $80 worth of food.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2022
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• Now-cancelled ‘reverse’ Santa Claus parade typically brings in $5K in food bank donations

  "In Moncton, in my experience, the public has been so generous to food banks," says Food Depot Alimentaire Executive Director Chantal Senecal

  Health

  Nov 1, 2020
• Volunteers, donations in short supply at food banks in New Brunswick

  Food donations have dropped down significantly this week.

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2020
• New Moncton non-profit seeks funding to provide affordable housing, fight homelessness

  "We can't keep doing things this way," said Vincent Merola, a community development officer with the City of Moncton.

  Canada

  Feb 18, 2020
• ‘We’re very concerned’: New Brunswick’s food bank usage numbers climb in 2018

  Roughly 25,000 people used food bank services each month in 2018, according to the president of the New Brunswick Association of Food Banks.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2018
• New Brunswick election standoff delays Moncton food bank expansion

  Funding decisions are now stalled until it is determined which party will be in power, something that has left Food Depot Alimentaire in Moncton running out of time and space.

  Politics

  Oct 9, 2018
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• Community food kitchen in Moncton gets boost from Medavie Health Foundation

  The new community kitchen under construction at the Peter McKee Community Food Centre is receiving a financial boost from Medavie Health Foundation.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2017