All Food poverty articles
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NewsM&S to bolster free school meal vouchers with extra £5
The additional funds are designed to feed two children rather than the one the vouchers are catered towards, as well as to cover both breakfast and lunch
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Analysis & Features
How will Covid shape food and drink trends in 2021?
Will we see a return to normal, or will shoppers persist with the new habits they formed under lockdown?
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News
Wholesalers forced to furlough staff as government u-turns on school meals vouchers
The move to reintroduce the national voucher scheme on 18 January will see families offered £15 a week per eligible child
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Comment & Opinion
The wholesale sector shouldn’t pay the price for furore over Chartwells’ free school meal boxes
A lot of wholesalers already are doing much better at providing free school meal boxes
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News
Wholesalers warn against ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to free school meals boxes controversy
The scandal erupted this week when parents began sharing what appeared to be images of sub-standard boxes across social media
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News
BRC and Company Shop launch new Covid food waste initiative
Company Shop has become the BRC’s Sustainability Partner for 2021
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News
Co-op to host virtual music festival to fight food poverty
All net profits from ticket sales will be donated to FareShare, as well as Help Musicians and Stagehand
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News
Food and drink industry more than doubles donations to FareShare over Christmas
Between 14 December and 3 January, the charity said it had seen a 125% increase in food volumes
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News
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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News
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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Promotional Feature
Facebook and the Trussell Trust: driving support for a hunger-free future
Hear how Facebook and the Trussell Trust are working together to increase awareness of and help end the national poverty crisis this winter
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News
Co-op hits five million meal milestone in FareShare tie-up
Co-op first began working with FareShare to divert surplus food to frontline charities across the country in 2015
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets can set the tone in the crucial fight against food waste
The UK has been lauded as a world leader in fighting food waste. It’s time we started acting like it, says Tessa Clarke, co-founder of Olio
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News
Report lifts lid on chaos over controversial school meal vouchers system
NAO found the decision by ministers to award a £234m contract, without tender, to French provider Edenred, led to schools and parents facing delays
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News
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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News
Waitrose expands Deliveroo trial to 40 branches in total
The service will be rolled out to 16 additional branches within the next week
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News
Asda to allow kids to eat free in cafés to help pandemic-affected families
Asda said it expected to serve around 215,000 free meals to children from its cafes during December
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News
Morrisons flags up priority products in new food bank appeal
Morrisons said it had identified the items most needed in the run-up to Christmas as tinned fruit, long-life juice and cereal
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News
Supermarkets launch major hunger initiatives for Christmas
Tesco and Asda have both launched huge schemes to support UK food redistribution charities
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News
Central England Co-op adds £1 to Healthy Start vouchers
The initiative will mean those who use the vouchers will see their allowance rise from £3.10 to £4.10
