All Food poverty articles – Page 18
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Comment & OpinionIndustry must look inwards on food waste before criticising consumers
As the UK’s inaugural food waste week approaches, thousands of tonnes of edible produce is still ending up as animal feed or going to AD
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NewsMorrisons gives schools 60,000 pizza making kits to fight hunger
Staff working on the retailer’s pizza counters will prepare the kits, which will be distributed via Morrisons Community Champions
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News‘Arcane’ rules on own label driving up food waste
Many food charities are unable to access own-label food
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NewsNI wholesaler Lynas wins £1.25m contract to supply vulnerable with food boxes
The contract will run for two months until the end of March
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NewsFareShare urges supermarkets to launch online donation services
There are fears traditional in-store collections are being hit by the latest Covid restrictions
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NewsWaitrose adds £1.50 to value of Healthy Start vouchers
Healthy Start vouchers are issued to pregnant women and families on low income with children under the age of four
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NewsRedistribution groups launch new national body to fight hunger and food waste
The Independent Food Redistribution Network (Xcess) said it would look to establish and develop national strategies
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NewsMorrisons ramps up support for food banks with £5m commitment
Last year Morrisons delivered £10m of stock to food banks across the UK
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NewsFuel10k partners with FareShare for half a million porridge pots donation
The tie-up will see the brand donate one porridge pot for every one sold in retail and online
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership to donate £2m to charities as extension of Christmas fundraiser
It follows the Partnership raising over £3m for the charities through its Give a Little Love campaign
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NewsMorrisons rolls out food waste plan with The Bread and Butter Thing
Morrisons revealed plans to redistribute surplus food to 30,000 families in need through TBBT in 2021
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NewsMorrisons ramps up production of free school meals boxes
The supermarket said it had upped capacity so it could produce “tens of thousands” of boxes each week
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Promotional FeaturesSurplus superpowers: harnessing the power of leftovers
The Bread and Butter Thing explains why harvesting the surplus and redistributing to others can be transformational economically, socially and environmentally
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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 & FeaturesHow 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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NewsWholesalers 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 & OpinionThe 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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NewsWholesalers 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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NewsBRC and Company Shop launch new Covid food waste initiative
Company Shop has become the BRC’s Sustainability Partner for 2021
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NewsCo-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