Morrisons extends CLIC Sargent charity partnership into fourth year
The partnership with CLIC Sargent is now aiming to raise £15m by February 2021
AF Blakemore & Son forms charity partnership with Disability Sport Wales
Colleagues across AF Blakemore’s 280 company-owned and independent Spar stores will be involved in volunteering
Tesco trains 1,000 community cooks in Jamie Oliver partnership
The Tesco Community Cookery School was launched in January last year
XPO Logistics reports record food bank donations over Christmas period
The donation was equivalent to providing an estimated 9,500 meals
Connect Group kicks off annual ‘Pass It On’ charity campaign
The campaign to support vulnerable and homeless people has run for the past three years
Southern Co-op looks to tackle retail crime with £100k fund
Southern Co-op has recently invested more than £500,000 in tackling crime
GroceryAid to launch second annual Awareness Day in March
The day will encourage grocery colleagues to spread the word about the free support available from GroceryAid
Aldi donates 400,000 meals to food banks and charities on Christmas Eve
Around 185 tonnes of fresh food were donated after stores closed on 24 December
Cooplands to donate proceeds from sausage roll sales to Trussell Trust
The Yorkshire-headquartered bakery business will support The Trussell Trust in its mission to end child poverty this Christmas
GroceryAid Christmas carol concert raises £65,000 for colleagues in need
Guests were entertained by a professional choir and heard readings from industry leaders
Asda buying food at cost price for FareShare charity amid Brexit supply fears
FareShare has joined forces with Asda, which will be sourcing thousands of meals at cost price
Waitrose to host Christmas dinners for the vulnerable with FareShare
More than 1,000 people have been invited to enjoy the festive feast hosted by Waitrose and John Lewis
Tesco customers invited to donate to its annual Food Collection
The Tesco Food Collection launches today in support of charities Trussell Trust and FareShare charities
Central England Co-op begins campaign to cut violence and aggression in stores
Retailer has recorded 275 incidents of threats/intimidation, 171 cases of verbal abuse and 72 assaults this year
Co-op donates £10k to Manchester’s Pankhurst Centre following break-in
The Co-op said it could “not sit back” when it heard the news
Sainsbury’s rolls out hidden disability lanyard scheme nationally
Staff provide extra support such as assisting with finding shopping items or giving customers more time at the checkout
Tesco to provide surplus packhouse food to Kenyan schools
The retailer has joined forces with global produce supplier Flamingo on the project
Food execs head to Uganda to raise money for Farm Africa
They will plant 1,000 trees on 80 acres of coffee farmland to give the coffee plants the shade they need to grow
Food charities ‘dismayed’ at lack of no-deal support for vulnerable groups
Open letter from charities and trade associations slams government’s ‘troubling’ assumptions
Government must stop passing the buck on food for vulnerable people in a no-deal Brexit
The UK Government must immediately make available hardship funds to ensure vulnerable people can get the food they need in the event of a no-deal Brexit