All Food poverty articles – Page 19
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NewsWaitrose 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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NewsAsda 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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NewsMorrisons 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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NewsSupermarkets launch major hunger initiatives for Christmas
Tesco and Asda have both launched huge schemes to support UK food redistribution charities
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NewsCentral 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
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NewsFareShare 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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NewsBrakes’ Meals & More charity launches fifth Christmas campaign
Wholesaler warns government support will not reach all families in need
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NewsGovernment bows to pressure from Marcus Rashford child hunger campaign
Boris Johnson telephoned the England forward over the weekend to share the news
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NewsSainsbury’s to donate £5m to help combat food poverty
The supermarket has ramped up its Brighten a Million Christmases initiative this year
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NewsJohn Lewis Christmas ad to focus on food poverty
JLP has partnered with food redistribution charity FareShare and family support organisation Home-Start
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NewsTesco launches vouchers to back Marcus Rashford’s hunger campaign
The retailer will give families who use the government’s weekly Healthy Start vouchers a £1 coupon to spend on fresh and frozen fruit & vegetables
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NewsBooths 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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Comment & OpinionCould child food poverty inaction be the final straw for Boris Johnson?
Food Strategy author Henry Dimbleby yesterday urged the government to “act immediately” to tackle child hunger
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NewsDimbleby says government must ‘act immediately’ on hunger issue
The National Food Strategy recommends that ministers extend the Holiday Activities and Food programme nationwide
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NewsCo-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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NewsMorrisons and Asda step up help to fight school hunger
Moves come as pressure mounts on government to extend free school meals scheme beyond term time
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NewsHovis signs up to Marcus Rashford’s child food poverty taskforce
Rashford said Hovis would offer a louder voice to highlight the effects of child food poverty
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Comment & OpinionSchool meals shouldn’t be a political football: kids have the right to eat
The government might have thought Marcus Rashford would go away. He won’t
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NewsFareShare renews donations appeal ahead of ‘winter of hunger’
Charity heaped praise on the response of companies such as Asda, Sainsbury’s and XPO Logistics
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s happened to food waste in a Covid-19 world?
The pandemic has brought the issue of food waste to a head. So how has the industry adapted, and what is it doing as the government threatens mandatory reporting?