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.
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.
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 Basin Free Range and Grassfed Meats
The Patch
Upper Ferntree Gully
Upwey
Gherkin Relish Catering – Home Delivery
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.