Mosgiel Community Food Bank co-ordinator Michelle Kerr said the bar fridge used to store fresh food was too small for requirements, especially since the Taieri community regularly gave fresh produce.
''We are getting a tremendous amount of fruit and veges daily from people in the Taieri community.''
Consequently, the foodbank was raising funds to buy a bigger chiller in which to store the fresh food appropriately, she said.
The foodbank also accepted fresh food from FoodShare, a Dunedin charity that collected unwanted but edible food from businesses, Mrs Kerr said.
The foodbank distributed 55 food parcels a month to people living in the Taieri area, including Green Island, Middlemarch and Waihola, she said.
She would happily accept any money to go towards buying a chiller or would accept a second-hand chiller.
The chiller she imagined would be the size of two large fridges, she said.
