All Food poverty articles – Page 10
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NewsSainsbury’s to extend £2 Healthy Start top-up to Wales and Northern Ireland
The announcement follows Sainsbury’s decision last month to reintroduce the £2 coupon over the next six months to customers using a Healthy Start card in England
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NewsTesco launches ‘reverse supermarket’ to help people suffering with food poverty
The move comes with FareShare and the Trussell Trust reporting they expect to provide food support to more than 1.2 million people this winter
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NewsArla gathers politicians in childhood hunger campaign
The session was designed to highlight the impacts of morning hunger on children’s learning
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NewsFruit and veg prescription pilot launched in London boroughs
The trial will explore the viability of fruit and veg on prescription as a long-term solution to tackling diet-related ill health and food insecurity
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NewsVeg Power partners with DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda for affordable lunchbox ideas
The partnership has published a Kung Fu Panda themed lunchbox guide and a weekly planner
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Comment & OpinionHow shoppers are changing habits to save money and cut food waste
It’s not just about budget for today’s shoppers – many are switching categories to help avoid waste, says Steph Cullen, head of manufacturing at IRI
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NewsFareShare strikes deal with Premier Foods amid rising food poverty concerns
The five-year deal will see Premier donate surplus food to the redistribution network
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NewsA ‘tsunami of need’: Trussell Trust calls on government to act on ‘alarming’ levels of food poverty
The group has released new figures showing 1.3 million emergency food parcels were provided by the charity’s network partners to people in need between April and September – a third more than was provided during the same period in 2021
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NewsMorrisons ‘permanently’ cuts café prices to help cost of living
The price cuts are in all 397 Morrisons cafés nationwide from today
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NewsOne in 10 low-income Londoners has under £3 a day to spend on food
Four in 10 parents to children of ages 18 or under in London with an income of under £20,000 said they had skipped meals or not bought food for themselves
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NewsWelsh government bodies respond to rise in food poverty
As the cost of living crisis mounts, the Welsh government has grown increasingly concerned about food poverty
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Comment & OpinionSupporting the likes of FareShare should be one of Jeremy Hunt’s easier decisions
Over 90% of charities receiving food from FareShare have experienced a rise in demand. Over half (51%) are helping people in full-time employment
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Comment & OpinionTough times are ahead, but brands shouldn’t waste a good crisis
Founders and CEOs have to strike a delicate balancing act between driving forward the business and sticking to the values that made them
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NewsTesco donates £1m to food charities after Trussell Trust issues emergency appeal
The Trussell Trust launched an emergency appeal this week after seeing a 46% increase in food parcels handed out during August and September
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NewsJJ Foodservice donates over 200 ‘Helping Hand Packs’ to support local families
The bags, which will be put together over the October half term, contain a mixture of healthy snacks, drinks and toiletries
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NewsNeighbourly redistributes record number of surplus meals amid cost of living crisis
The group, which works with supermarkets including M&S, Lidl, Aldi and Sainsbury’s, has surpassed 100 million meals donated to local community charities
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NewsCity Harvest appoints Sarah Calcutt as CEO
Calcutt replaces outgoing CEO David Carter, who took over from co-founder Laura Winningham last year
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NewsFood banks warn government they are ‘overstretched and exhausted’
Donations from supermarket customers and the levels of surplus going to redistribution charities have also been hit by the economic situation
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NewsFood banks fork out thousands of pounds on extra groceries as demand surges
Gillingham Street Angels said the number of people coming through its food bank on a monthly basis had doubled in the last year
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NewsFree school meals for families on universal credit would be ‘huge boost’ for supply chain
New research conducted by accountants PwC on behalf of Impact on Urban Health claimed the move could inject up to £41.3bn into the economy