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Eat Local During Lockdown

UPDATED 28/05/21

Where to find food for pickup or delivery within 5km during the 7 day circuit-breaker lockdown.

Post from Acting Premier James Merlino https://bit.ly/3fRVQr1

Interactive Map – Click HERE to see where your 5km lockdown limit ends

Where to find meat, vegetables, fruit and groceries for pickup or delivery by suburb.

Photo: Fils in the Hills

This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the culinary options available in the Hills, but it will cover most of the essentials. Select any of the links below for more information and to order – as situations are changing rapidly for small business owners, it’s best to get in touch with them before ordering to confirm opening hours or delivery options.

IGA Delivery Checker

IGA Supermarkets in the Hills are all independently owned and operated, as well as being staffed with our neighbours. IGA is now providing a home delivery service to many areas, offering a choice from a range of essentials and many other popular items commonly stocked at most local IGA stores.

When you place an order with IGA Shop Online, it will be directed to your closest participating IGA store. The store will then contact you directly to confirm your requirements, pick and pack your order and arrange delivery and payment.

Click the store picker below to see if you’re eligible for delivery in your area.

Store Picker

Emergency food resources

If you are struggling, fresh hot takeaway meals or food parcels are available at the following locations:

• Foothills Community Care

Providing fresh hot takeaway meals at the following locations:

1. Upwey Baptist Community Church

cnr Darling Ave & Burwood Hwy,
Upwey (opposite Upwey train station). Mondays from 5.30pm.

2. Ferntree Gully Guide Hall

Underwood Rd, Ferntree Gully (opposite
train station). Wednesdays from 5.30pm.

https://www.foothillscare.org.au/ Ph 8711 8677

Home delivered meals and care packages can be ordered online through their Community Casseroles program

https://www.communitycasseroles.com

Other food resources are available at the following locations:

• Hope in the Hills Friday

Free grocery packs available on Friday mornings at
3 Clifford Grove, Tecoma. During COVID-19 restrictions, bookings are
essential to ensure social distancing can be maintained. Ph: 9754 6809

http://www.hopeinthehills.org.au/

• Food is Free Tecoma

Groceries, meals & fresh food available 24/7.
Verandah of Tecoma Uniting Church at 1566 Burwood Highway, Tecoma

https://thehillsfoodfrontier.org.au/

• Open Door Church Monbulk Verandah Pantry

cnr David Hill and Moxhams
Rds, Monbulk. Available 24/7. Ph. 9756 6700

https://www.facebook.com/opendoorcommunitychurchmonbulk/

• Soupees

Main St, Upwey, beside Bendigo Bank. Hot soup plus blankets,
clothing and etc available. Fridays 3pm-7pm. Ph. 0409 607 610

https://www.facebook.com/Soupees

Even though we are shopping more locally now due to necessity, by supporting our local traders we can do our part to keep our small community businesses alive.

If you have or know of a business that you’d like to see added to this list, contact hillslocalcommunity@gmail.com and be sure to share this list to help others in the community.

Eat Local During Lockdown

UPDATED 28/05/21

Where to find food for pickup or delivery within 5km during the 7 day circuit-breaker lockdown.

Interactive Map – Click HERE to see where your 5km lockdown limit ends

Where to find meat, vegetables, fruit and groceries for pickup or delivery by suburb.

Avonsleigh

Belgrave / Belgrave Heights / Belgrave South

Clematis

Cockatoo

Emerald

Ferny Creek

Gembrook

Kallista

Kalorama

Monbulk

Montrose

Mount Dandenong

Mount Evelyn

Olinda

Sassafras

Selby

Sherbrooke

Silvan

Tecoma

The Basin

The Patch

Upper Ferntree Gully

Upwey