Donate food

Over 90% of the food distributed by foodbanks in The Trussell Trust network is donated by the public – that’s why your food donations are absolutely vital to our ability to give everyone referred to us a balanced and nutritious three day supply of food.  Locally, we have experienced a significant rise in demand for our help throughout 2020 and 2021.

What do we need now?

Our shopping lists identifies the food & household items that we need right now.

You might like to consider using the free Bank The Food App, which you can use when you are shopping to see what items we are most in need of at the time – click here for more information on this.

Where to drop food and other donations?

Please see the table below for our food collection points for any drop offs in St Albans and Harpenden.

Supermarket donation points in St Albans for in-store purchases

Location	Opening hours
Tesco Express 33-39 St Peter’s Street, St Albans, AL1 3EB In store purchases only	Front of store near exit 07:00 – 22:00
Co-op Food 199-201 Cell Barnes Lane, St Albans, AL1 5PX In store purchases only	07:00 – 23:00
Co-op Food 7-9 Haseldine Road, London Colney, St Albans, AL2 1RR In store purchases only	06:00 – 23:00
Co-op Food 212 Watford Road, Chiswell Green, St Albans, AL2 3EA In store purchases only	Mon to Sat 07:00 – 22:00 Sun 09:00 – 22:00
Waitrose 1 Ermine Close, St Albans, AL3 4JZ In store purchases only	08:00 – 20:00

Other Drop off points in St Albans

Location	Opening hours
St Albans Museum + Gallery Town Hall St Peter’s Street St Albans AL1 3DH	11:00 – 17:00
Verulamium Museum St Michael’s Street St Albans AL3 4SW	Monday – Friday 10am – 4.30pm Saturdays 11am – 4.30pm.

Donation points in the district

Location	Opening hours
Foodbank Warehouse Unit 3 Redbourn Industrial Park Redbourn, AL3 7LG	Tue 12:00 – 15:00 Thu 11:00 – 13:00 Fri 12:00 – 15:00
Waitrose (in-store purchases only) 3 Leyton Road Harpenden, AL5 2TJIn	08:00 – 20:00
Sainsbury’s (in-store purchases only) 31 High Street Harpenden, AL5 2RU	07:00 – 21:00

We always welcome donations and promise to use them to provide help to people in crisis. Occasionally we send food to other food banks and charities to support their work particularly if they experience shortages. This ensures your donations go to help people wherever in the UK they are.

Please contact us if you have any questions about donating food.

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