All Community articles – Page 31
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NewsBlakemore Retail Spar stores raise £25k for NSPCC in non-uniform weekend
Colleagues also organised raffles for customers and decorated their stores with flags, balloons and inflatables
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NewsSouthern Co-op picks 14 organisations to tackle retail crime with £100k fund
The retailer hopes donating to these programmes will help reduce future crime in its stores
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NewsEast of England Co-op donates £4,000 to GroceryAid
The contribution will help to provide one-off, non-repayable crisis grants to grocery industry colleagues across the UK
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NewsActor Michael Sheen backs Co-op campaign to end child poverty
The retailer has been running the food bank campaign since the start of July
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership to sell face masks to raise money for NHS charities
The face coverings are being made in the retailer’s factory, which has also created thousands of medical gowns for the NHS
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Comment & OpinionHow CCEP is playing a positive role as part of the Covid-19 Business Pledge
Collaboration is the most powerful tool we have, says Leendert den Hollander, GB general manager at Coca-Cola European Partners
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NewsCJ Lang to donate £30k with its first community cashback campaign
Customers, store staff and CJ Lang employees will be able to nominate community groups and charities across the country to receive a cash sum
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets need to go beyond food donations this summer
Businesses are providing a vital lifeline during the pandemic, says Steve Butterworth, CEO of Neighbourly
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NewsBooths introduces hidden disability lanyard scheme
The move follows Sainsbury’s and Tesco rolling out similar schemes in 2019
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NewsAldi to round up customer receipts and give difference to charity
To take advantage of the offer, shoppers must tweet their Aldi receipt to @AldiUK by 24 July
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NewsThe Felix Project to run FareShare operations in London
The move sees The Felix Project join the FareShare network as its 18th regional delivery partner
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NewsNisa reviews Haven Holidays store ranging in wake of coronavirus
The leisure company has increased its range by 14% to cater for holidaymakers who are anxious about visiting big supermarkets, pubs and restaurants
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NewsGlastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis cuts ribbon for new Co-op store
The 600 sq ft site is located just one mile away from the festival grounds at Worthy Farm
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NewsSegro makes two London warehouses available to food charity City Harvest
City Harvest is working with numerous projects supporting London’s NHS workers and children missing out on free school meals
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NewsSpar raises £1.5m for charity partner Marie Curie
The fundraising efforts of independently owned UK Spar stores have paid for expert care and support for terminally ill patients and their families
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NewsFareShare signs up 150 new food businesses
Fareshare said the influx of new partners had enabled it to triple the amount of food it distributes each week
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NewsSpar wholesaler launches £30,000 fund for community groups
The Community Cashback Grant scheme is open for applications via Blakemore Spar Facebook pages until 9 July
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NewsHubbub using electric fleet to launch food redistribution scheme in Milton Keynes
The environmental charity will use a fleet of electric bikes and vans to distribute the food
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NewsMPs demand answers on why Co-op, Aldi and Lidl snubbed from school meal scheme
Members of the Efra Select Committee said questions about the scheme needed to be addressed by government
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NewsBlind people given access to supermarket priority delivery slots
An RNIB survey found only half of blind and partially sighted people who shopped independently before lockdown were still doing so