1796 Meals Donated by Wrexham Supermarket to Feed People in Need
A supermarket scheme which gives unsold produce to the most vulnerable in the community has resulted in almost 1800 meals being donated to feed people in need across Wrexham.
The ‘Community Food Connection’ scheme, which launched in the Tesco Extra store in Wrexham in June 2016 aims to reduce the levels of waste produce by donating unsold food to the most vulnerable people across the area.
Since the scheme launched a total of 1796 meals have been donated to people in need across Wrexham.
This contribution from stores in Wrexham has helped the programme reach its first milestone of one million meals of surplus food donated by Tesco stores nationwide.
The programme sees Tesco stores across the UK donating their unsold food to local charities and community groups for free.
Part of Tesco’s ongoing pledge to cut food waste, Community Food Connection links local charities and community groups to Tesco stores via an app that allows store teams to let local charities know there is unsold food available at the end of each day.
The unsold food is provided to the charities free of charge, and includes fresh produce, such as fruit, vegetables and bakery products. Chilled products like meat, dairy and ready meals are also offered.
To date 2,000 charities and community groups have signed up to the programme and the equivalent of one million meals of surplus food has been donated to good causes right across the UK.
Speaking about the donations distributed locally, Rifka Chakkalakal, Community Food Programmes Manager at Tesco said: “We are delighted to see Wrexham contribute a fantastic 1796 meals of surplus food to people in need. We believe that no food that could be eaten should go to waste, so we’re excited to continue to grow this initiative.
“That’s why we’re looking for even more charities and community groups to come forward to register for the programme. If you serve food to people in need in your community – we want to hear from you.”
Any charities or community groups in Wrexham using food to support people that would like to access the scheme, should register their interest here.
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