Sign up for food left over
CHARITIES and community groups in Southport are being invited to sign up to receive surplus food from their local Tesco store.
Across the UK the supermarket distributes hundreds of thousands of meals to good causes every week as part of its Community Food Connection scheme, run in conjunction with food redistribution charity FareShare and powered by FoodCloud technology.
Almost 7,000 charities and community groups already receive surplus food through the scheme, with recipients including older people’s lunch clubs, school breakfast clubs and charities working with the vulnerable and homeless.
But more food is available, and Tesco is reaching out to local groups to encourage them to find out more about how they could receive surplus food from the store.
“Community Food Connection is making a real difference in communities across the UK, but we know there are more groups that could receive food from the scheme,” said Tesco’s Head of Community Alec Brown.
“I’d encourage any group looking to use food in their work to discover how they could benefit.”
The surplus food available includes fresh produce such as fruit, veg, bakery products and chilled food like meat, cheese and ready meals.
Groups registered with the Community Food Connection are given scheduled collection days and receive a text alert to tell them what food is available at their local Tesco. They can then choose what they want from the surplus.
Lindsay Boswell, chief executive of FareShare, said: “We know that the surplus food makes a real difference to the work of these groups, often saving them money.”
If you are a charity or community group that could benefit from the support of Community Food Connection visit www.fareshare.org.uk/ fareshare-go to find out more.