The ceremonial opening of the new food center Lebensmittelzentrale of the Wiener Tafel took place on 2 July. Mayor Dr. Michael Ludwig, Climate Councillor Jürgen Czernohorszky and Chairman of the Board of Trustees DI Josef Pröll congratulated Wiener Tafel chairman Herbert Herdlicka, Wiener Tafel Managing Director Dr.in Alexandra Gruber and Mag.a Sandra Dudek, Managing Director of the Association of Austrian Food Banks personally.
ORF presenter and long-time Wiener Tafel supporter Barbara Stöckl led through the event on a voluntary basis. The new storage areas now offer more dry and cold storage areas in order to meet the increasing number of food to be saved and people affected by poverty in the future as well.