Big CHEER for free school lunch

Currently, they support more than 1200 schools across Australia, delivering 40,000 lunches each week to students who would otherwise go without. 68 percent of those schools have reported a rise in the number of students needing support.

Eat Up’s founder and spokesperson Lyndon Galea emphasised the importance of partnerships in addressing this growing demand.

“Demand for our program continues to grow, and partnerships like this are critical to helping us keep up and deliver school lunches at scale,” Mr Galea said.

“Support from Saputo ensures we can continue to provide lunches to students who need them most, without additional cost pressures on the program.”

Saputo Dairy Australia senior vice president commercial Cam Bruce, said the expanded partnership reflects the company’s community focus.

“We’re proud to strengthen our support for Eat Up through this partnership. It’s about taking something as simple as a cheese sandwich and making it count for more,” Mr Bruce said.

Saputo has supported Eat Up since 2024, with more than 350 employees from across its sites coming together to prepare 18,000 sandwiches for it’s programs.

Eat Up was founded in 2013 and has since provided over five million lunches to children in need across Australia.