All Food poverty articles – Page 10
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NewsFood industry saved 250 million meals from going to waste in 2021
From 2020 to 2021, the increase of 14,500 tonnes was equal to food worth over £45m, or enough to provide 34 million meals
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NewsFood charity organisations ‘hamstrung’ by soaring fuel and energy costs
Rampant fuel and energy prices are hindering food distribution networks’ operations
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NewsFareShare partners with KFC to distribute millions of meals
Move follows a successful eight-month trial at 20 KFC restaurants in the Midlands, the north east and Essex
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NewsShoppers forced to start saving now to afford Christmas amid soaring living costs
Consumers are having to make “impossible choices” as living costs increase Shoppers are facing “impossible choices” as the cost of living crisis is forcing households with children to start saving now in order to afford Christmas. Nearly half of shoppers with children at home claimed they were ...
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Comment & OpinionDemand is soaring for redistribution charities like FareShare. We need more support
People who would not have normally found themselves relying on help are now in queues for food banks, says Lindsay Boswell, CEO of FareShare
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NewsSupermarkets must make sustainable shopping affordable, says IGD
The group’s CEO, Susan Barratt, told industry leaders grocery had a key role to play in keeping sustainability high on the shopper agenda amid the cost of living crisis
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NewsFareShare urges return of government support as it dishes up four meals per second
FareShare said the government was now spending nothing on supporting food redistribution charities
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Comment & OpinionHow much profit should food companies make during a cost of living crisis?
No single measure will solve this crisis but we must shift food business models in a better direction, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionHygiene poverty is fast becoming a hidden crisis, but retailer initiatives can help
As prices rise, some shoppers may have no choice but to remove items from trolleys – and they’ll likely start with toiletries
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Comment & OpinionThe long-term changes needed to make the world’s food system function successfully
A $6bn cash injection from the likes of Elon Musk would only address world hunger for a year. What else needs to be done?
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NewsShoplifting on the rise as mounting cost of living bites
Concerns are mounting over a major increase in shoplifting rates
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Comment & OpinionFood charities should ditch low-quality processed food and focus on fresh, home-cooked meals
Food banks hand out too many low-quality products – but some organisations are thinking up innovative ways to get wholesome meals to those who need it, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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NewsHFSS: government confirms multibuy ban and ad restrictions shelved
Restrictions banning HFSS ads on TV before 9pm and paid-for adverts online will also be paused for a year,
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NewsCompany Shop reports big increase in redistribution after Biffa takeover
Company Shop Group said it had handled more than 98 million surplus products in the past year
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NewsOcado funds The Felix Project as operations ramp up to tackle cost of living crisis
The Felix Project is expanding its Enfield warehouse in north London with financial help from partner Ocado Retail
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NewsCharities question supermarket profits after calls for windfall tax
Campaign group Sustain cited figures showing 57% of adults were in households with food insecurity
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NewsTesco chairman calls for windfall tax on energy firms to help cost of living crisis
Allan told the BBC Today programme Tesco customers were among those whose behaviour was showing the extent of the financial hardship
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NewsSoaring food prices causing ‘catastrophic’ rise in families unable to afford food
Food Foundation saw a 57% jump in families who said they had gone without food or could not access it compared to three months ago
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NewsFareShare opens new south west centre to help meet surplus food demand
The warehouse has been operating in trial mode since November 2021
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NewsFood distribution charities struggle to meet demand as cost of living crisis escalates
During the two-week period of the Easter school holidays, The Felix Project rescued and delivered 3,400 tonnes of surplus food