Food $avings Challenge

The average Australian household throws away up to $2,500¹ worth of food every year, which means more going into landfill and less money in our pockets.

Suncorp Bank has partnered with OzHarvest to bring to you the Food Savings Challenge. It’s designed to help you reduce food waste and make the most out of the food you buy. It may even help you spend less at the supermarket leaving more left over to put into your savings.

Food $avings Challenge

The average Australian household throws away up to $2,500¹ worth of food every year, which means more going into landfill and less money in our pockets.

Meet Khanh Ong

(Cook and author)

Passionate foodie Khanh will be your guide to the Food Savings Challenge, armed with all the knowledge to help you reduce your food waste and do more for your wallet.

(Khanh Ong) Welcome to the home of the Food Savings Challenge. I've teamed up with Suncorp Bank to help you save food and money. The average Australian household wastes up to $2,500 in food each year. So, to see what you can save, have a look at where you are on the Food Savings scale and check out my other videos for some food and money-saving tips.

Step 1

How well do you save?

Take the quiz to find out where you are on our food savings scale and get access to tips to help you best prep and store food, as well as help reduce your food waste.

Start the quiz

Step 2

Setting a goal is important

To make the most of the Challenge and to help minimise your food waste, it's a good idea to set a food savings goal. Then over time, you can work out just how much food waste you’ve been able to reduce and therefore help you save money.

Start by taking a close look at what you're throwing out and tallying up its cost.

You could set a goal using a simple formula: 'I aim to save $5 a week'. Achieving this goal might mean avoiding waste like throwing out your green capsicum, priced at $1.23^{^}, discarding half a bag of mixed salad, priced at $1.50^{^} or wasting a couple of Hass avocados a week^{^}. It might sound small, but these little changes add up to $5.23^{^} in food waste each week or a significant $271.96^{^} a year.

Save edible food from ending up in the bin by committing to cooking with what you have instead of ordering takeaway or buying more food.

Reflect on your goals and consider adjusting them as you work through the Challenge.

Step 3

3 simple ways to help you achieve your goals

To support you with your Food Savings Challenge, we’ve mapped out several hands-on tips to show you some of the ways you can reduce food waste. Reducing your food waste and making the most of what you purchase could mean fewer and smaller food grocery shops, helping you save money!

Start from the beginning or jump to the area that you’d most like to improve on.

Prep like a pro

Learn how food and money savings start by planning your shopping and meal prepping.

Fix your food storage

Make your produce last longer with savvy food storage.

Use It Up^TM

Keep tabs on what you’ve got and what needs using up with OzHarvest’s Use It Up Tape^TM.

Get a roll on with your Food Savings Challenge

To help you stay on top of your goals, sign up to receive some choice tips, to help you reduce your food waste. And when you sign up, you’ll score a roll of OzHarvest’s Use It Up Tape^TM, it’s a real game-changer for helping to save food waste and could help you get over the line on your Food Savings Challenge goals.

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Creating a brighter future with OzHarvest

Suncorp Bank has teamed up with OzHarvest to help tackle food waste. Together, we’re committed to helping halve food waste in Australia by 2030².

“OzHarvest is delighted to have Suncorp Bank’s incredible support to help us with our goal of helping to halve food waste by 2030. Together, we’re going to make a BIG difference by inspiring Australia to help save what matters – food, money and the planet!”

Ronni Kahn AO – OzHarvest CEO & Founder

Things you should know

¹Source: FIAL (2021). National Food Waste Strategy Feasibility Study.

²Source: OzHarvest & Southern Cross Austereo Research, 2017.

^{^}Food item prices are based on average online prices published by two major supermarkets on 18th September 2023 in Brisbane, Queensland. Food item prices are subject to change.