Thousands of meals donated by Tesco stores in Rochdale to feed people in need

3,280 meals donated by Tesco stores in Rochdale to feed people in need

Tesco stores in Rochdale have donated 3,280 meals to local people in need thanks to Tesco’s surplus food redistribution programme,

The programme sees Tesco stores across the UK donating their unsold food to local charities and community groups for free.

Tesco in Rochdale launched the programme in July and has been working closely with food redistribution charity FareShare, and local charities.

Part of Tesco’s ongoing pledge to cut food waste, Community Food Connection links local charities and community groups to Tesco stores via an innovative 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.

Rifka Chakkalakal, Community Food Programmes Manager at Tesco said: “We are delighted to see Rochdale contribute a fantastic 3,280 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.”

Charities or community groups interested in joining the programme should visit:

www.fareshare.org.uk/fareshare-foodcloud