The Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires (FBBA) is a federation of 79 food banks (FBs) and 29 branches covering mainland France, Martinique, Guadeloupe and La Réunion. FFBA is one of the four network heads responsible for food aid in France, alongside Restaurants du coeur, the French Red Cross and Secours populaire français. It receives subsidies from the State and the European Union, as well as donations in kind, to redistribute foodstuffs through its network to food aid associations, local social action centres (Centres Communaux d'Action Sociale - Ccas) and community grocery shops, which then allocate them to the beneficiaries. In 2023, more than 6,000 organisations benefited from food bank supplies, enabling them to serve 224 million meals to 2.4 million beneficiaries, according to the FFBA. Against a backdrop of strong growth in its budget, the FFBA has not been able to drive forward the changes in its network that are necessary for the effective and secure deployment of its activities.
