AAFCANS contributed
$1,025,005.90
to Defence Welfare Funds
AAFCANS is a not-for-profit organisation and is part of the Army & Air Force. Supporting our soldiers and aviators since its inception in 1915.
WE ARE HIRING - Come join us!
#Help us serve – those who serve!
We appreciate experience and also WELCOME NEW-COMERS
to the industry and provide job training. We do hospitality a little different and have flexible shifts and great team culture. We love our ADF customers and we know you will too! If you know someone looking to make a change and help serve those who serve please share our video or e-mail us on peopleandculture@aafcans.gov.au and come join us!
New Mobile Amenities
AAFCANS has designed and purpose-built a new mobile amenities vehicle, which was taken through its paces at Gallipoli Barracks before heading to Townville last month. The vehicle project delivered a new design concept for AAFCANS and has taken a lead role in the Lavarack Barracks mobile amenities fleet. Read More >
Keep Your Cup Leave Your Legacy
To date, the donations generated from this AAFCANS promotion has totalled $111,288.20:
July – Dec 2023 – $31,805.20
Jan – Dec 2024 – $29,703
Jan 2025 – June 2025 – $16,625.40
July 2025 – June 2026 – $33,154.60
Present your reusable cup when purchasing a hot drink in-store from AAFCANS, during the promotion, and we’ll gift a 20-cent donation to support Legacy!
Bring your own cup or see our range in-store!
Fresh Puckapunyal Store!
The Puckapunyal Family Store refurbishment was completed in late 2025, delivering a modern, contemporary retail environment designed to better meet the needs of the Defence community. The project transformed the store’s grocery, convenience and food service offering, creating a more convenient and enjoyable shopping experience for ADF families now and into the future. Read More >
Giving Back Win - Win!
THE not-for-profit Army and Air Force Canteen Service (AAFCANS) contributed $1,025,005.90 to Air Force and Army welfare in the 2024/20125 financial year through its automated retail vending program. The top three recipients were Lavarack Barracks Townsville with an impressive $180,928.44, Robertson Barracks NT with $126,175.86, and Lone Pine Barracks Singleton with $84,386.84 in disbursement returns generated from the machines. Read More >
RAAF Amberley New Canteen
Opened Monday, 19th May 2025. The new facility was provided as a like-for-like replacement for our canteen, featuring modernisation and capabilities to support the production kitchen. It features a state-of-the-art kitchen with a full hospitality fit-out, including booth seats, casual dining areas, and tables equipped with USB recharge points, LED lighting, new food displays, and contemporary point-of-sale and retail merchandising equipment. Read More >
Where you go – we go, AAFCANS has been supporting our soldiers and airmen/airwomen on base and on military exercises/deployments since 1915.
CANTEENS & KIOSKS
We operate diverse network of food services across 26 Army and Air Force bases and join ADF facilities throughout Australia.
The facilities are specifically designed to meet the needs of our soldiers, airmen/airwomen and base residents. Our food service footprint includes: canteens, kiosks/small pop-up retail outlets, a tavern and bistro.
MOBILE AMENITIES
Our network of mobile amenities includes a fleet of food vans – some with the capabilities of serving barista-style coffee in-board, all-terrain mobile amenities kiosks that can cook and refresh the offer on the move along with a range of coffee carts, retail pods and container kiosks.
EXERCISE SUPPORT
Where you go – we go! AAFCANS has the capability to deploy alongside our troops and support military exercises with mobile and field amenities.
AUTOMATED RETAIL
When members spend their money at an AAFCANS branded vending machine they are contributing money back directly to their base’s welfare.
AAFCANS disburses profits from its automated retail vending program to Defence welfare funds – on the bases where the profits were generated.
See ‘Giving Back’ for the latest welfare disbursements.