Ingham Coles to distribute $100,000 worth of groceries in the Woolworths car park

The supermarket will be distributing $100,000 worth of groceries at the Woolworths car park this morning for the flood-ravaged community.

Coles Ingham Duty Manager Marcia Glindemann was collected by the SES to open the grocery store and provide food to the Ingham evacuation centre. Picture: Supplied

Coles Ingham are distributing $100,000 worth of food to the flood-ravaged Hinchinbrook community in the Woolworths car-park at 11am on Thursday.

“While our Ingham store remains closed, Coles is giving away $100k worth of refrigerated food that it was able to get into the area on Tuesday,” a Coles spokesman confirmed on Wednesday night.

The food has been stored in a fridge-freezer at Woolworths, which has a working generator running overtime.

“We know that the Ingham community is doing it tough at the moment, and we have been working extremely hard to get some food and essential goods into the area for the community,“ the spokesman said.

“We are a proud part of the Ingham community, and with our store closed it was a no-brainer for us to donate it to those in need.”

The spokesman said the Coles team was “excited to be able to give this food out to anyone in the Ingham community who needs this”.

The 18 pallets worth of refrigerated and freezer food, includes, deli goods, including meat and cheeses, eggs, milk, chilled pet food, drinks and desserts (including some confectionery).

It is understood that there will be an Ingham Police presence to maintain order.

“We want to thank the local authorities for their support in achieving this,” the spokesman said, “and their help in managing the distribution of this donation to the community.”

Originally published as Ingham Coles to distribute $100,000 worth of groceries in the Woolworths car park