All Food poverty articles – Page 4
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News
Tesco relaunches ‘blue token’ grants scheme to target child hunger
The supermarket’s current scheme, launched in 2015, has awarded more than £100m in grants to community projects
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Comment and Opinion
Jamie Oliver keeps it simple – and cheap – in Jamie’s £1 Wonders
He helped us through lockdown, he helped us celebrate afterwards… and he helped Penguin crank out yet another cookbook. Now Jamie Oliver has another cause
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Comment and Opinion
Why supermarket bosses are fuming at latest price accusations
Parents are claiming their food is too expensive in latest research commissioned by the Food Foundation
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News
Iceland beats meal donation target after hitting 3.5 million milestone
Iceland Foods has redistributed more than 3.5 million meals since January 2022
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Child food poverty: supermarkets slammed over lack of ‘meaningful’ action
Food Foundation is calling for discounted fruit & veg ranges, promotions on bread and milk, and reduced prices for the healthiest ranges of products
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Tesco donates 4,000 coats to keep families warm in big freeze
With temperatures across the UK plunging this week, the supermarket is giving 2,000 coats to the Salvation Army and 1,000 to food redistribution charity FareShare
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Comment and Opinion
Now more than ever, companies must engage with the food waste roadmap
Reduction efforts have been blown off course, but suppliers have access to plenty of support for their ’food waste journey’
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News
More than 1,000 charities back FareShare call for £25m surplus food fund
FareShare is calling for £25m per year from the government which it claims could deliver 42,500 tonnes of surplus food
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Analysis and Features
What more supermarkets could do to help shoppers in tough times
The crisis has plunged 13 million people into food insecurity. Supermarkets and food manufacturers are looking to respond, but there are question marks over whether they’re doing enough
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Comment and Opinion
With the King invested in food poverty, it’s time to subsidise redistribution
Surely human consumption is a better social, economic and environmental outcome than anaerobic digestion?
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News
M&S food director George Wright named new FareShare boss
FareShare said Wright would bring with him a “deep understanding” of the food industry
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Ania Gancarz, food guardian, Abel & Cole
A language barrier didn’t stop Ania from applying to her role fighting food waste
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News
Henry Dimbleby: case for free school meals ‘irrefutable’ after £130m intervention
The mayor’s office said it is estimated the one-off funding could help more than 270,000 children in the capital during the 2023-24 academic year
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Iceland, Birds Eye and Currys to help families without freezers
Manchester Metropolitan University will publish a white paper based on the results
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Young families turning away from meat, fruit and veg in cost-of-living crisis
Over a quarter of parents of young children (27%) said they are buying less meat and 18% said they are buying less fruit and veg
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Poorer families spend £250m more on unhealthy food, report finds
Healthy foods were found to be ‘on average three times more expensive per calorie than unhealthy alternatives’
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Demand for food from social supermarket doubles amid cost of living crisis
Community Shop works with the fmcg industry to redistribute surplus stock that might have otherwise gone to waste
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FareShare breaks food surplus record but still can’t meet demand
FareShare told The Grocer it had received almost 3,300 tonnes of surplus food during the month from retailers and suppliers
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Sysco extends partnership with food charity City Harvest
City Harvest will collect surplus food from Fresh Direct, Wild Harvest, and Brakes’ London depots several times a week
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Company Shop appoints ex-Morrisons executive Owen McLellan as MD
Company Shop said the new boss would be tasked with helping existing and new industry partners to redistribute all types of surplus stock