Bulgarian Food Bank Marks 14 Years with Strong Results and Urgent Need for More Warehousing Space 2026

Balgarianovinite.com On January 31, 2026, the Bulgarian Food Bank – the only organization providing food banking services in the country – will mark its 14th anniversary. Despite strong results to date, the organization is faced with the problem of insufficient warehousing space that threatens its daily operations.
In 2025, the Food Bank supported 87,941 people and, in partnership with 338 organizations, programmes, and social services nationwide, distributed 482,568 kg of food – the highest annual results in its history. Over the year, the organization expanded its team, added 58 new partner organizations, and distributed more than 50 additional  tonnes of food compared to the previous record year of 2024, reaching over 5,000 more people in need.
This progress was recognized through the successful completion of an audit by the Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) in early November 2025, reaffirming the bank’s membership in both GFN and the European Federation of Food Banks (FEBA).
New records were also set in the Food Bank’s A Kilogram of Kindness donation campaign. With the support of 250 volunteers and in partnership with the Fantastico supermarket chain, more than 26 t of non-perishable food were collected during the last weekend of November and are already being distributed across the country.
January 2026 also saw record activity: by January 25, more than 49,400 kg of food had been donated. However, the lack of a larger warehouse in Sofia remains a serious challenge, limiting the organization’s capacity to receive and store donated food and putting future donations at risk.
In total, 486,110 kg of donated food entered the Food Bank’s warehouses in 2025 – an increase of 55 t compared to 2024. The organization is seeking support from Sofia Municipality to secure a new, larger central warehouse, but despite two years of discussions, no concrete results have yet been achieved. There is also an urgent need to establish additional regional warehouses across the country.
In 2026, the Bulgarian Food Bank remains committed to supporting the most vulnerable. Currently, one in two Bulgarians over 65 lacks adequate nutrition, and one in three children does not eat regularly, increasing the risk of school dropout. In 2025, the Food Bank provided food assistance to 23,686 people over 65 and 33,952 children and young people.
Founded in 2012, the Bulgarian Food Bank accepts, stores, and distributes surplus, safe-to-eat food free of charge to people at risk of poverty. Through its advocacy efforts, donated food has been VAT-exempt since 2017, and since mid-2022 all administrative barriers to food donation have been removed, encouraging companies to donate surplus food rather than destroy it. Bulgarian Food Bank Marks 14 Years with Strong Results and Urgent Need for More Warehousing Space 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-26 19:05:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law