Community – Page 3
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Arla hits two million meal donation mark with FareShare in 2020
The dairy co-op provided the charity with milk, butter and cheese throughout 2020
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M&S to raise £1,000 to support hospices with Christmas cracker jokes
The upmarket retailer has teamed up with 12 well-known comedians to create Christmas crackers to raise funds
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£100,000 of Ribena Sparkling to be given to charity via 40 retailers
Retailers will between them receive 8,884 cases of the product
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Furloughed Foodies to deliver 4,000 meals to vulnerable families
The volunteer-led organisation will distribute festive food parcels to vulnerable families, children on free school meals, homeless people and more
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John Lewis Partnership to stream live festive fundraiser
Viewers will be encoaraged to donate to Home-Start and FareShare throughout the event
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Arsenal helps charity score 500,000 pandemic meals milestone
Charity His Church has been working with the club to deliver food and essentials to needy families
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Scotmid Co-op raises £300k to support stroke survivors
Funding will be distributed to groups in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland
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FareShare given £16m government grant to fight ‘winter of hunger’
The money is to be used by the charity to buy food direct from suppliers to help food banks and charities coping with the pandemic
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Asda says drivers are ‘happy to chat’ as it fights lockdown loneliness
Asda’s 7,500 delivery drivers will have the option to wear a ‘happy to chat’ badge
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Comment and Opinion
Why big businesses must join McDonald’s in supporting local communities
McDonald’s is committed to supporting the future of British and Irish farming, says Nina Prichard, head of sustainable and ethical sourcing
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Central England Co-op condemns violent till snatching incident in Derbyshire
The crime is the 10th incident to have occurred since July across the retailer’s estate
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FareShare renews calls for added support over the winter
The charity told The Grocer it was witnessing a major spike in demand of as much as 70%
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Southern Co-op sets up fund for food banks with £5,000 donation
Sourthern said the grants would enable local groups to purchase essential equipment or cover running costs
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Lidl launches new donations scheme to help tackle hunger
Shoppers can donate products costing between 35p and £2.45 by having a flyer scanned along with their shopping at the checkout
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Central England Co-op reports second crime in two days
The first incident involved a fight breaking out between a group of youths in the store
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Booths launches bogof deal with free items donated to food banks
The deal will be available on around 20 branded and own label SKUs
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Co-op extends 10% student discount until 2023
The offer is an extension of Co-op’s partnership with student discount platform Totum, formerly NUS Extra
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Co-op urges community groups to apply for share of £1.5m grant scheme
The society said it was particularly keen to back groups involved in fighting hunger
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Convenience retailers offer children free lunches as government cuts voucher scheme
A string of convenience retailers have made public offers of free meals for schoolchildren during half term
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FareShare renews donations appeal ahead of ‘winter of hunger’
Charity heaped praise on the response of companies such as Asda, Sainsbury’s and XPO Logistics