Rochdale Foodbank and Tesco store join forces

Rochdale Foodbank volunteers will be holding a food collection at the entrance to Tesco in Sudden on Friday 14 June and Saturday 15 June.

This has been possible due to generous support from staff at the store.

The foodbank, which in May gave out desperately-needed food parcels to 600 residents of Rochdale, is entirely dependent on contributions of food and money from the local community and this collection will enable the volunteers to re-stock with much-needed supplies.

The people of Rochdale have, for the past six and a half years, been incredibly generous in their donations and their support for the many people in the town struggling to feed themselves and their families.

The foodbank is at present in particular need of biscuits, breakfast cereals, jam, dried rice, tinned custard, and rice pudding, and tinned and dried potatoes.

Urgently needed items:

• Tinned rice pudding
• Tinned tomatoes
• Breakfast cereals

Foods the foodbank is short of:

• Tinned fruit
• Jam/honey (jar)

Foods the foodbank has a surplus of:

• Tinned meat
• Pasta (500g)
• Tinned vegetables
• Tinned soups

Full shopping list:

• UHT whole milk (1 litre)
• UHT semi-skimmed milk (1 litre)
• Sugar (500g)
• Tea bags
• Instant coffee (jar)
• Long life fruit juice
• Pasta sauces
• Tomato ketchup (small)
• Tinned soups
• Tinned tomatoes
• Tinned baked beans
• Tinned spaghetti
• Tinned vegetables
• Tinned potatoes
• Tinned rice pudding
• Tinned custard (or packet)
• Tinned meat
• Tinned fish
• Tinned fruit
• Instant mash potatoes
• Rice (500g)
• Pasta (500g)
• Jam/honey (jar)
• Breakfast cereals
• Biscuits (packets)
• Snacks/crisps (etc)

The full list of items welcomed by the Foodbank can be found on their website

• rochdale.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/

Food can be donated at the back of Rochdale Foodbank, 2 Fleece Street, Rochdale.

Opening hours are 11.00am – 12.45pm Monday to Friday. A member of staff will greet you and make sure your donation is safely collected and booked in.