Spring Into Summer: Reset Your Pantry, Reset Your Health - Lanham Media on behalf of Box Divvy

14 Oct 2025 11:42 AM

With spring in full swing and summer on the horizon, Australians are being urged to break free from the ultra-processed food cycle and reboot their pantries with fresh groceries and pantry items.

 

Box Divvy — the community-powered grocery network with more than 15,000 members and 330 Food Hubs across NSW, ACT and Victoria — offers households groceries and pantry items at prices averaging 30% cheaper than supermarkets.

 

Instead of stacking the pantry with ultra-processed packets and instant meals, Box Divvy members fill their shelves with fresher groceries and staples that make healthy meals easy. Orders are placed online and collected from local Food Hubs run by neighbours — a model that makes healthy weekly routines both affordable and practical.

 

“Spring is the perfect time to reset, and those changes can carry you right through summer,” says Jayne Travers-Drapes, Co-founder of Box Divvy. “When families stock their pantries with fresh, seasonal food, they tell us they’re cooking more, wasting less and feeling healthier — without spending more.”

 

This is supported by independent research by Western Sydney University and the University of Wollongong found that among Box Divvy members, food insecurity dropped from 51% to 28% — showing affordable, fresh groceries can be a lifeline.

 

Why a Reset Matters

• According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, discretionary foods — those high in sugar, salt and saturated fats — now make up 38.6% of the total dietary energy available to Australians【1】.
• CSIRO modelling predicts that by 2030 fruit consumption will fall by around 9.7%, while discretionary food intake will increase by about 18.3% if current trends continue【2】.
• Research reported by the ABC highlights that these shifts mean Australians are on track to eat less fruit and vegetables and more junk food by 2030, with significant health consequences【3】.
• Buying seasonal produce saves families money as well as boosting nutrition — consumer research reported by ABC Rural shows fruit and veg are consistently cheaper and fresher when purchased in peak supply【4】.

 

Against this backdrop, a pantry reset isn’t just a nice-to-have — it’s a way to turn the tide on diets and food access heading in the wrong direction.

 

Five Steps to a Pantry Reboot

Box Divvy's checklist for kicking convenience food to the curb this spring:

• Do a spring clean - bin anything expired, donate unopened packets you'll never use, and make space for everyday staples.
• Stock a fresh foundation - keep fruit, veg, meat and dairy as the base for meals.
• Upgrade your staples - swap white rice/pasta for wholegrains; add beans, lentils and tinned tomatoes for flexibility.
• Snack smarter - set up a “grab-and-go” shelf with nuts, wholegrain crackers, dried fruit or homemade muffins.
• Cook once, eat twice - roast a tray of veggies or cook extra protein so tomorrow's lunch or dinner is sorted.

 

A Reset That Lasts

What starts as a pantry clean-out can shift whole routines. Families who join Box Divvy often report cooking together more, wasting less, and discovering new favourites in seasonal produce. A pantry reset isn’t just about food — it’s about setting up routines that make the healthy choice the easy choice, week after week.

 

“As one member told us recently, ‘Box Divvy has made fresh food our default, not the exception,’” adds Travers-Drapes. “That’s the kind of reset that sticks.”

 

Media Contacts:
Fleur Townley | [email protected] | 0405 278 758
Greg Townley | [email protected] | 0414 195 908

 

Available for interview:

• Jayne Travers-Drapes, co-founder of Box Divvy.
• Hubster and member stories on request (NSW, ACT ad VIC)

 

Media Assets available here

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About Box Divvy
Box Divvy is an innovative food cooperative connecting Australian farmers with local communities. Members order online and collect their groceries from a local Hub, often run by a neighbour. The offerings include fresh, seasonal produce, pantry staples, and chilled items, delivered quickly to ensure quality. With over 330 Hubs and 15,000 members across NSW and ACT and now VIC, Box Divvy provides a cost-effective alternative to supermarkets while ensuring farmers are fairly compensated. Learn more at www.boxdivvy.com.

 

Endnotes

• Australian Bureau of Statistics, Apparent Consumption of Selected Foodstuffs, Australia, 2022-23 — “Discretionary foods contributed 38.6% of total dietary energy available.” ABS
• CSIRO & ANZ Journal of Public Health, Projected dietary intake in Australian adults to 2030 (2025) — predicts fruit intake to decline by 9.7% and discretionary food to rise by 18.3%. ScienceDirect
• ABC News, Australians on track to eat less fruit and veg, more junk food by 2030, CSIRO study finds (March 2025). ABC News
• ABC Rural, How to save money eating seasonally fresh produce (Nov 2024). ABC Rural

 

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