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M&S Food donates over 70 million meals to local good causes through Neighbourly

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has announced it has donated 70 million meals to local charities with long-standing food redistribution partner Neighbourly. Since the launch of the surplus partnership in 2015, M&S have been working with Neighbourly to redistribute surplus food from store, which is too good to waste, to more than 3,000 local charities and community organisations. To date, the partnership has supported over 4.5 million individuals, with meal donations supporting families in need, young people and those with disabilities. Designed to tackle food waste in M&S’ stores, the partnership with…

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Getir reaches one million meal donations

Stuart Mitchell

Getir, the pioneer of ultrafast grocery delivery, has recently reached a milestone of over one million donated meals from its gstores to local good causes through the Neighbourly platform.  The partnership, which has been running for a year, has now seen over 420,000 tonnes of food donated to over 330 good causes, like St Mungo’s Haringey Recovery Service in London, Wycombe Food Hub and Betel Birmingham. By redistributing this food, Getir has saved 1,520 tonnes of CO2 and made a total financial impact of over £1.8M to local communities. The…

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Sainsbury’s donates 10 million meals through Neighbourly

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has announced it has reached a significant milestone with Neighbourly, having donated its 10 millionth meal to those facing food insecurity in 18 months. Sainsbury’s has worked with Neighbourly since 2021 to connect all its stores with local charity partners, helping to manage surplus food donations. Through the partnership, both ambient and fresh groceries can be donated to a store’s connected charity, helping Sainsbury’s to redistribute food to those facing food poverty in local communities. The partnership with Neighbourly has prevented 4,500 tonnes of food from going to waste,…

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Remote employee volunteering could offer lifeline to charities across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

This is something I have taken from the blog at Neighbourly, so all appropriate copyright is their’s and please check out their site: Since the onset of strict social distancing measures in March, many charities and community groups have seen an unprecedented increase in demand for their services – along with a reduction in face-to-face volunteering as individuals and families are forced to self-isolate or care for others. With the employee volunteering schemes that usually peak during the spring and summer also facing massive disruption, we knew we needed to…

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Neighbourly set up new fund to support community organisations helping those most at risk during Coronavirus crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Neighbourly set up a new Community Fund, backed by their partner businesses, to support the Neighbourly causes that will be most affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. M&S Family (including M&S Bank and M&S Energy), Lidl, Aldi, Danone UK & Ireland and Coca-Cola European Partners have created a new fund to support community organisations helping those most at risk during the Coronavirus crisis and are urging other businesses to join them. The Neighbourly Community Fund will funnel vital funds directly to community causes across the UK to ensure they can deliver…

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