Tag: FareShare

Greencore donates equivalent of 4 million meals via FareShare

Stuart Mitchell

Leading producer of convenience foods Greencore has redistributed enough food to provide the equivalent of four million meals via FareShare. Over a partnership that’s lasted almost a decade, Greencore has provided good-to-eat surplus food, such as chilled meals and prepared foods, that would otherwise have gone to waste to our network of nearly 9,500 charities and community groups based around the UK. We have worked with Greencore’s manufacturing sites to build local relationships to redistribute surplus food to local communities. Greencore hopes to expand this across their entire business to…

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Pink Lady commits to FareShare donations for back-to-school campaign

Stuart Mitchell

In Aldi, Ocado, B&M, Heron Foods and Farmfoods outlets across the country, 145,000 stickered packs of PinKids® apples, inviting consumers to ‘Share the Wow’ in support of the charity, will be available to shoppers from the end of August for six weeks. PinKids® are petite Pink Lady® apples which are the perfect size for little hands and lunchboxes, making them the perfect healthy snack for kids. The packs communicate to consumers that their purchase of the lunchbox favourite will help Pink Lady® donate apples to FareShare this year, as part…

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Branston redistributes the equivalent of 1 million meals with potato supplies

Stuart Mitchell

Branston Ltd one of the UK’s biggest suppliers of potatoes has donated the equivalent of 1 million meals to FareShare. The organisation has been working with FareShare since April 2017, to reduce food waste and redistribute their top-quality potatoes through FareShare’s network of charities across the country. With 3 depots located in Scotland, Lincolnshire and Somerset, by working with FareShare, Branston have supported over 3000 charities across the UK, who provide nutritious meals to families and individuals facing food poverty. These charities do amazing work to support children under 18,…

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Kettle Produce Ltd donates the equivalent of 1 million meals to FareShare

Stuart Mitchell

From broccoli and kale to fresh prepared vegetables and salad, Kettle Produce Ltd products provide vital nutrients to our charity network. And this year marks a terrific milestone for FareShare’s relationship with Kettle Produce – they’ve donated 420 tonnes of food since our relationship began back in 2013. That’s the equivalent of 1 million meals. This food could have ended up in landfill but instead has filled the plates of hungry people across the country. Over the last two years their surplus produce has been delivered to over 3500 charities…

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FareShare appoints Alan Gosschalk to its board of trustees

Stuart Mitchell

FareShare UK has appointed Alan Gosschalk to its board of Trustees. Alan brings over twenty years of experience as Fundraising Director for leading charities including Scope, RNID and Shelter, where he more than doubled the charity’s voluntary income during his nine-year stint leading the fundraising team. Since 2018 Alan has been Director of Fundraising at Plan International UK, part of the global children’s charity advancing children’s rights and equality for girls in more than 70 countries. Alan is an experienced Trustee with 10 years at Hope and Homes for Children…

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