All Food poverty articles – Page 18
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NewsBrakes pledges £500k for Meals & More child poverty project
Brakes has invested £257,000 into the project since 2015
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NewsOcado donates four refrigerated delivery vans to food banks
The vans will allow charities to receive fresh food rather than being limited to ambient
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Comment & OpinionAs the poverty line moves, no wonder employers are under pressure to pay more
The number of people in poverty in a working family is 55% – a record high, says a new report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The face of poverty is shifting, but what can be done about the problem?
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Comment & OpinionFood banks should be able to offer fresh food
Poor people need money and daily access to affordable fresh food, not another sugary tea and packet of custard creams
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NewsTrussell Trust and Community Shop link to fight food poverty
The two organisations are seeking 20,000 sq ft locations where they plan to open merged social supermarkets
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NewsSupermarkets up support for food banks as demand increases
Supermarkets have massively stepped up their support for food poverty charities
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Comment & OpinionJoanna Blythman blasts supermarkets for poverty hypocrisy
How dare supermarkets masquerade as the saviours of those in poverty…
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NewsArchbishop of Canterbury and MPs call on on supermarkets to do more to tackle food poverty
Supermarkets have been urged to step up their battle against food waste, after a report by MPs and church leaders claimed supply chain inefficiencies in terms of redistributing surplus food was letting the poor go hungry.
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Comment & OpinionFood poverty alarm call
Last week, 170 public health doctors and specialists wrote an open letter on food poverty to the PM…
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Comment & OpinionHungry Britain: why Panorama's documentary is like food poverty
Today’s Panorama is a pale imitation of the programmes overseen by the late Sir Robin Day…
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Comment & OpinionFood poverty is a disgrace
The issues raised around food poverty by Dan Crossley last week in his Saturday Essay really hit a nerve with me…
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Comment & OpinionFood industry must tackle food poverty
In 2013, there were an estimated 870 million people around the world going to bed hungry every night…
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NewsFood banks are a ‘last resort’ for Brits, Defra report finds
Demand for food aid in the UK is rising, a Defra-commissioned report has warned.
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NewsKellogg’s to donate 15 million breakfasts in battle against food poverty
Kellogg’s has pledged to donate 15 million breakfasts and snacks to food banks and school breakfast clubs after…
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NewsUnilever thinks small amid European ‘poverty’
Unilever could bring marketing strategies honed in the developing world to Europe, in response to the economic slump across…
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Comment & Opinion
Food poverty affects UK too
For decades, anyone watching world food commodity prices saw dropping graphs
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Analysis & FeaturesFarm Africa: Climbing Out of Poverty
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro is not for the fainthearted, but for the 10 senior food and drink industry executives preparing to tackle Africa’s tallest mountain, the biggest challenge is raising the profile of FARM-Africa, an aid agency that is helping African farmers climb out of poverty. Virginia Matthews reports
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Mercer works to shut poverty trap door
Caravan, the grocery industry’s welfare charity, has promoted Cathy Mercer to the position of development director.In a new role for Caravan, Mercer will be responsible for driving the Caravan agenda for the prevention and alleviation of...