Tag: Felix

Charity rescuing even more produce with innovative new smoothie

Stuart Mitchell

A food rescue charity is showing what can be done when you combine a manufacturer with growers who have tonnes of surplus fruit and vegetables.  Felix (formerly FareShare and The Felix Project), is the UK’s leading food rescue charity. It works with supermarkets, restaurants, wholesalers, manufacturers and farmers to rescue, repurpose and share surplus food that would otherwise go to waste.  It has worked with B.fresh, BerryWorld and Strawsons to create a small batch of smoothies from surplus berries and carrots that may otherwise have gone to waste.  A team from Felix visited…

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Felix reacts to Defra funding announcement

Stuart Mitchell

Almost £10 million will be invested in 45 communities across England to improve access to healthy, affordable food in areas with the highest levels of deprivation. The new funding will be provided to 45 local authorities identified as having the greatest levels of deprivation and childhood obesity. Each local authority will receive £222,000 to develop solutions that meet local needs, putting decision-making and resources directly in the hands of local leaders who know their communities best. In response to this announcement, Charlotte Hill OBE, CEO of Felix said: “We welcome…

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New tech solution set to save charities millions of pounds by unlocking surplus haulage capacity

Stuart Mitchell

A new tech solution that brings together logistics providers, retailers and manufacturers is hoping to save food redistribution charity, Felix, millions of pounds in transportation costs, and transform how the sectors work together. Today marks the launch of the first stage of the new platform. The initiative sees Sainsbury’s come together with GXO, Greencore, Tesco, M&S and Gist. With early support from BCG and Baringa, the group has developed and is trialling the new technology which acts as a ​‘mission control’, matching surplus food that needs to be delivered to charities,…

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More Than a Meal: See How Surplus Food Is Transforming Communities

Stuart Mitchell

Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual has released a powerful new film showcasing how its partner charity Felix is helping tackle food waste, support people in need and strengthen communities across the UK. At its heart, the film recognises the vital role played by food producers who generously donate surplus food. The film follows the journey of surplus courgettes grown in West Sussex to a local charity supporting people facing hardship, demonstrating how producers, food redistribution organisations and community groups are working together to ensure good food reaches those who need it most. Featuring…

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Felix kickstarts a revolution

Stuart Mitchell

Felix has launched its first campaign as a merged charity.  The Redistribution Revolution campaign leads with the messaging that every year over a billion meals’ worth of good quality surplus food goes to waste in our supply chain. That’s enough to feed every child in the UK for a month or laid out enough to fill 17,000 football pitches.  This food could easily be rescued but currently not enough of it is, Felix wants to change that. The campaign is aiming to raise more awareness of the issues, raise more funds and…

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