All Food poverty articles – Page 15
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy aren’t the mults adopting Wrap’s waste guidance?
Eight months ago Wrap set new guidance to fight hunger and cut waste – but Sainsbury’s is so far alone in adopting it. What’s stopping the others?
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Comment & OpinionDefra must seize the opportunity to transform our food system for good
Government would be wrong to put the National Food Strategy on the backburner, says George Heler, founder of Eatlean and MD at Joseph Heler Cheese
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets are powerless to prevent food price inflation but there's a how and a where
Supermarkets have done an amazing job of keeping price inflation in check for 60 years. They can’t afford to lose their grip
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Analysis & FeaturesIs Jack Monroe right about food inflation hitting the poorest hardest?
Jack Monroe sparked a media storm last week by showing it is budget items facing some of the biggest price hikes. Is she right?
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NewsSainsbury's only supermarket to adopt new guidance on food waste
Charities warned they were unable to redistribute food from suppliers due to a failure by the supermarkets to adopt the new best practice
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NewsNational Food Strategy: government has ‘no date’ for response
Sources have confirmed that the White Paper is not now expected until February at the earliest
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Analysis & FeaturesHow did food redistribution charities cope with Christmas of Omicron?
The labour crisis paired with Omicron could have spelled disaster at Christmas. So how well did food redistribution levels hold up?
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NewsFareShare ramps up frozen food operations to tackle supply crisis
FareShare is aiming to have about 300 frozen pallet spaces in its UK-wide network by the spring
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NewsAbel & Cole to donate almost 1.5 million portions of fruit & veg to food banks
The organic food box service is partnering with three charities for the initiative
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NewsAsda donates 500,000 meals to north east hunger charities and groups
Asda supermarkets and superstores have been donating food via FareShare Go, with over eight million meals donated this year alone
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NewsSainsbury’s brings back Healthy Start £2 top-up vouchers to tackle food poverty this Christmas
The supermarket is bringing back its £2 top-up vouchers to accompany the government’s own vouchers
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NewsFood redistribution charity FareShare fears ‘terrifying Christmas’ period over supply crisis
The charity also fears many are holding back on donations because of concerns over availability Food redistribution charity FareShare has described the coming Christmas period as “terrifying” after it revealed many of the usual guarantees of surplus from retailers and suppliers had been held back because of ...
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NewsMorrisons announces Christmas community support for food banks and charities
Staff will be donating decorations to local refuge centres and spending time helping prepare food at community kitchens.
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NewsSainsbury’s aims to raise £3m to tackle food poverty this Christmas
Sainsbury’s is matching every single donation up to £1.5m, with the aim of raising a total of over £3m
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NewsFareShare claims food waste ‘largely ignored’ during COP26
New study found 1.6 tonnes of CO2 were emitted for every one tonne of edible food that ends up going to waste
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NewsMorrisons installs Christmas ‘giving trees’ to boost food bank donations
The retailer will also continue to sell its ‘Pick Up Packs’ for food bank
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NewsMPs back FareShare’s calls for the government to extend food waste fund
FareShare is calling on the government to extend its £5m yearly funding
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NewsThe Felix Project appoints Charlotte Hill as new CEO
The former CEO of Step Up To Serve and Youth UK will begin her new role in January 2022
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NewsFareShare appoints Simon Millard as new director of food
Millard is to replace Jo Dyson, who joined the organisation as head of food in April 2018
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NewsTesco calls for volunteers to help collect food for charities this Christmas
Tesco will also be topping up all donations made during the collection period with a 20% cash donation to help the charities involved