Aldi to give away festive surplus

SUPERMARKET giant Aldi has confirmed it will give away leftover food to good causes when its stores shut over Christmas.

The supermarket confirmed the news yesterday and said it would offer local organisations and charities the chance to receive free food on Christmas Eve afternoon.

The statement, which was posted to social media, said organisations hoping to benefit needed to apply over the coming days.

The company says it will dish out fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, fish, bread and bakery products available, as well as chilled products including dairy, desserts and ready meals.

All products will have at least one day remaining.

Aldi posted a notice online which said: “As our stores will shut at 4pm on Christmas Eve until the 27th of December we will have a variety of goodquality surplus food products that we wish to redistribute in support of less fortunate individuals and to prevent food going to waste.

“We are unfortunately unable to deliver products ..., so it would be essential that your organisation is able to collect.

“We will expect the levels of food available to vary, however estimations of around 20-30 crates will be expected from each store.

“If you wish to collect all products available, we would therefore recommend providing a large car or van, or being prepared to make multiple journeys.

“However you are more than welcome to take as much of the products offered as you can use – you are not required to take all products.

“We would also ask to ensure that you bring appropriate collection containers (bags, crates, boxes, etc) as we will only have a limited number of cardboard boxes potentially available for use.”

It added that charities and organisations are asked to apply by December 8.