Tag: FareShare

FareShare continues to deliver 4 meals every second to struggling UK families, as cost of living bites

Stuart Mitchell

The continuing impact the cost of living is having on families across the UK is highlighted by new figures published today by FareShare – the UK’s biggest charity fighting hunger and food waste. The charity’s annual statistics, show that between April 2021 and March 2022, it redistributed the equivalent of nearly 2.5 million meals every week to people at risk of hunger. That’s four meals every second across the UK. FareShare takes delivery of surplus good-to-eat food, which is unsold or unwanted by the food industry, sorts it in one…

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Asda £1.4m donation to FareShare will help 10 million meals be donated

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has donated £1.4m to set up the ‘All Good Food Fund’, a unique project with FareShare which is hoped will lead to 10 million meals being donated to charities across the country. As part of the new fund, Asda suppliers will be able to apply for funding to help pay for additional costs; such as labour and transport, making it easier for food to be donated. This means that good-to-eat surplus food such as fruit, vegetables, eggs, bread; as well as fresh, frozen, ambient and chilled food, which would…

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FareShare survey highlights dramatic impact cost of living crisis is having on the most vulnerable in society

Stuart Mitchell

A major new survey of more than 1,200 charities and community groups, which rely on food from FareShare to feed more than 120,000 people at risk of hunger, today highlights the dramatic impact the cost of living crisis is having on the most vulnerable families across the UK. “Demand for our food is as high as it’s ever been. That’s why we’ve launched our new campaign, #RunningonEmpty, to highlight the difficult circumstances that many families are facing across the UK and are calling for more support for those struggling to…

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Asda donates £100,000 to FareShare to support charities and faith groups throughout Ramadan

Stuart Mitchell

Asda will be donating £100,000 to FareShare to support charities and faith groups during Ramadan. Asda has donated over £10 million in five years to help FareShare support over 10,500 charities across the country. “We’re extremely grateful for Asda’s ongoing support and we’re proud to be working hard to get good food to communities and faith groups throughout Ramadan and all year round.”Lindsay Boswell, Chief Executive, FareShare The donation will support food contributions made by Asda, with the equivalent of 6.6 million meals donated by its stores depots and home…

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FUEL10K to donate over half a million breakfasts with ‘Buy 1 to Give 1’ FareShare partnership  

Stuart Mitchell

This February UK breakfast brand FUEL10K repeated its support for FareShare by committing to a nationwide porridge donation project. Throughout the month of February, FUEL10K will be donating a portion of porridge for every pot of porridge they sell.  “This is our second collaboration with FareShare and it means so much to all of us at FUEL10K. At a time when so many people and organisations are struggling, we count ourselves extremely fortunate to be in a position to be able to donate so many of our nutritious breakfasts.”Scott Chassels,…

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