Central Texas Food BankCentral Texas Food Bank celebrated the grand opening of its new, 135,000-square-foot distribution facility in Southeast Austin on July 7. The new facility doubles CTFB’s capacity to serve hungry families and individuals in the Greater Austin area.


Elected officials, including Austin Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and state Rep. Celia Israel, D-Austin, gave remarks at the grand opening ceremony, stating the organization’s importance in providing food to the needy.


Compared with its former facility at 8201 S. Congress Ave., the new facility at 6500 Metropolis Drive has 2.5 times the amount of dry storage capacity, seven times the refrigeration and freezer capacity, a commercial kitchen and 13 more loading docks. In the former facility, food was stacked three levels high. The new facility can stack dry food six levels high and frozen food five levels high.


About 60 million pounds of food can be distributed per year out of the new facility, said CTFB President and CEO Hank Perret said.


“This building is our new home,” Perret said.


CTFB used fundraising revenue to pay for the $25 million facility.






Central Texas Food Bank
6500 Metropolis Drive, Austin
512-282-2111 • www.centraltexasfoodbank.org
Tour hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.