Locals needing a helping hand from the Salvation Army are not just getting food - but also suggestions on what to do with it.
As part of the 2015 Christmas Appeal the Rotorua Daily Post caught up with "frontliner" Shelley Fischer to hear about the wonderful things she has been doing at the foodbank.
One of those is the foodbank cookbook.
She said this year she had put together some really easy to cook recipes that people could take home with their food parcels.
"They are simple, easy ideas to jazz up cheap meals," she said.