Our Story

What we believe

We believe that a meal should be a magic moment in everyone’s day — a small celebration of some of the good things our world has to offer. A real meal; something to look forward to and revel in, not solely for fuel or necessary nutrition.

We believe in food that’s fabulous, enticing, and exciting, with fresh and flavoursome dishes garnered from all corners of the world — imaginative and interesting dishes that look alluring and exceed anticipation, brought to your home.

Our vision and purpose

Our vision: Well-nourished and independent communities.

Our purpose: Meals on Wheels SA provides support to members of the community to live independently.

Our support enhances lifestyles through:

The delivery of fabulously fresh, seasonal dishes packed full of flavour that is both nutritious and delicious to maintain health and wellbeing;
Offering regular social contact; and
Recognising, responding and building people’s capacity to meet nutritional and other needs that increase wellbeing.

In providing these services through our volunteer workforce, we strengthen communities.

Caring

Empathy, compassion and kindness are at the heart of everything we do.

Respectful

We value every individual, ensuring dignity and consideration for all.

Reliable

You can count on us to be consistent, practical, friendly and willing to go the extra mile.

United

We strengthen our community by working together, fostering a strong sense of belonging and connection.

Impactful

We make a positive difference for our customers, providing high quality, supportive and uplifting services that exceed expectations.

WHERE WE WORK

Fresh, fabulous, flavoursome food made right here

We have 84 branches across the state that include Fresh Cook kitchens, Cook Chill kitchens and country branches.

In our Fresh Cook kitchens, exciting meals are cooked from scratch every morning and delivered on the same day.

In the Cook Chill branches, delicious and nutritious meals are delivered to the branch chilled or frozen after being made at our commercial kitchen in Adelaide. Branch volunteers then heat the meals up and deliver them hot to customers.

Finally, we have our country branches. Even here, fresh and fabulous meals are delivered to customers hot and ready to eat, after being made in the local township to Meals on Wheels SA guidelines.

Is Meals on Wheels a Government service?

No, Meals on Wheels is an independent community-based volunteer organisation, incorporated in SA with oversight by a volunteer Board. The cost of meals is primarily covered by our modest charges, and the balance comes from Government grants, public donations and legacies.

Why is the Meals on Wheels SA service needed?

There are people in our community who for a variety of reasons are unable to cook or shop for themselves with ease. Their ability to live independently is enhanced by the Meals on Wheels service.

How can I support Meals on Wheels SA?

There are a number of ways to support our organisation, including: