European Food Banks Federation - Feba

Name

European Food Banks Federation - Feba

Legal name

European Food Banks Federation

Website

https://eurofoodbank.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Banking and Hunger Relief Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210), Community Food Services (62421), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAA

Food Assistance & Food Banks

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPAIAKAF

Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Social Security, Benefits & Welfare Administration

SECONDARYBPADAJAI

Emergency Food Security & Nutrition in Humanitarian Crises

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Food Security & Nutrition Programs

Keywords

• Food bank coordination
• Food waste reduction
• Food redistribution services
• Food insecurity relief
• Nonprofit federation

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: FEBA receives donations from individuals, companies, and philanthropic organisations. These include food donations, equipment, and financial contributions. The organisation operates a donation portal for direct financial contributions.
2. EU Funding (ESF+ and Other Grants): FEBA members receive European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) funding to finance food and basic material assistance. In 2025, FEBA members handled over 106,300 tonnes of ESF+ food products, representing 11.8% of total food received across all 30 FEBA members. ESF+ funding covered various support types including food products, non-food items, e-vouchers, economic reimbursements, and technical assistance.
3. Corporate Partnerships: FEBA develops strategic partnerships with companies at various levels (Friends of FEBA, Visionary Partners, Supporting Partners, Cornerstone Partners). Partners provide financial support, food donations, volunteering activities, and expertise sharing.
4. Partnership Contributions: Companies can collaborate on strategic partnerships, donate surplus food, facilitate employee giving campaigns, and share expertise and knowledge to support FEBA's mission.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

FEBA is a nonprofit membership federation founded in 1986 that coordinates and supports 351 food banks across 30 European countries. It recovers surplus food from producers, retailers, and wholesalers and redistributes it through member food banks and 43,345 charitable organisations to people experiencing food insecurity. FEBA also drives EU-level policy advocacy on food donation and food waste, delivers training and best-practice exchange for members, and operates an Observatory and Unified Data Framework for standardised impact measurement across the network.

Product overview

The European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) is a non-profit membership organisation that coordinates food bank operations across Europe, rather than a traditional product company. FEBA's offerings consist primarily of advocacy, policy work, network coordination, and knowledge products. Their primary digital product is the 'Plan B' platform (Spain), a digital tool connecting donor companies, food banks, and charitable organisations. FEBA also operates the Data Observatory for impact measurement and is developing the Unified Data Framework (UDF) for standardised data collection across their 30-country network. Additional offerings include publications, reports, events (such as the FEBA Data Summit 2026), and support programmes for member food banks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FEBA Data Observatory
• FEBA Publications and Reports
• Member Network Coordination Services
• EU Policy & Advocacy Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 834,000 tonnes of food redistributed in 2024
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Maisto Bankas (Lithuania)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaisto Bankas is FEBA's Associate Member in Lithuania and co-organiser of the FEBA Data Summit 2026 in Vilnius (September 16-18). The partnership focuses on developing a Unified Data Framework (UDF) for consistent impact measurement across the FEBA network.
• El Banc dels Aliments BarcelonacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEl Banc dels Aliments Barcelona developed an effective model for recovering surplus food from large trade fairs like Alimentaria 2026. During the fair, 138 volunteers collected 18,330 kg of food, distributed through 38 charitable organisations to approximately 20,000 people in need.
• Partage SwitzerlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartage Switzerland's Valoriser/Enhance initiative extends the shelf life of unsold food products through preservation methods including dehydrating, baking, roasting, and canning. This initiative offers food banks and partner charities more flexibility in using surplus food.
• Danilo Della Valle (MEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDanilo Della Valle (MEP) hosted the FEBA Annual Forum on Food Aid and Social Inclusion on 14 July 2026, bringing together representatives from the European Commission, European Parliament, civil society organisations, and the FEBA network to discuss ESF+ and EU Anti-Poverty Strategy.
• FoodCloud IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoodCloud is FEBA's Irish member that hosts joint sessions with FEBA at events like FoodDrinkEurope's Ideas Fest, focusing on the donation equation and food redistribution solutions.
• FødevareBanken DenmarkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFødevareBanken is scaling its MadPlus partnership with Salling Group to turn delegated distribution into a national standard in Denmark.
• Plan B (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlan B is a Spanish digital platform connecting donor companies, food banks, and charitable organisations, redefining the role of food banks through digital, scalable, and traceable solutions.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Feeding America: Feeding America is the largest US hunger-relief organisation, coordinating a nationwide network of 200+ food banks. Like FEBA, it operates as a federated umbrella for national food bank members, recovers surplus food, and advocates at federal level on food assistance policy.
• Bundesverband Deutsche Tafel: Bundesverband Deutsche Tafel is the umbrella federation of the 960+ German local Tafel food banks. As a major FEBA Full Member, it operates one of the largest national food bank networks in Europe with a directly comparable model.
• Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires (FFBA): FFBA is France's national food bank federation and a founding Full Member of FEBA. It operates one of Europe's largest national food bank networks with a comparable model of surplus food recovery and redistribution to charitable organisations.
• Food Banks Canada: Food Banks Canada is the national charitable organisation representing the Canadian food bank network. It mirrors FEBA's role as a coordinating federation for national food bank members, redistributes surplus food, and advocates with government on food policy.
• FareShare UK: FareShare is the UK's largest food redistribution charity, redistributing surplus food to a network of charities and community groups. It operates a similar surplus-food-recovery and redistribution model to FEBA member food banks across the UK.
• The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN): GFN is an international non-profit that supports the development of food banks in countries around the world. Like FEBA, it coordinates national food bank organisations, provides training and capacity-building, and advocates for food banking policy globally.
• Federazione Italiana Banche del Tempo / Banco Alimentare: Fondazione Banco Alimentare Onlus is the Italian food bank federation and a FEBA Full Member. It coordinates 21 regional food banks across Italy and operates a directly comparable surplus-recovery-and-redistribution model.

Broad incumbents

• World Food Programme (WFP): WFP is the UN agency focused on global food assistance and emergency food security. While operating at much larger geographic scale and in crisis zones, it shares FEBA's mission of addressing food insecurity and has overlapping policy advocacy on food and nutrition.

Emerging players

• Too Good To Go: Too Good To Go is a commercial app-based marketplace connecting consumers with surplus food from retailers and restaurants. It targets the same food waste reduction theme as FEBA but with a consumer-direct B2C business model rather than a charity-led model.
• FoodCloud: FoodCloud is an Irish social enterprise and FEBA member that connects retailers' surplus food to charities through digital technology. It operates a similar digital redistribution model (akin to FEBA's Plan B platform) and shares the food banking mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/eurofoodbanks
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/europeanfoodbanksfederation
• Facebookfacebook.com/EuroFoodBanks
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eurofoodbanks
• Instagraminstagram.com/eurofoodbanks/?hl=en

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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