Tesco, FareShare and Trussell Trust brighten summer for kids with healthy meals
Rest, relaxation and recreation. Summer months can provide all three, along with the feeling of being able to brush aside everyday stressors. But for those less fortunate including impoverished children across the UK, the summer ‘gap’ can be anything but carefree. In some cases, it can exacerbate their troubles. No school can mean no free […]
FareShare, this supermarket are working with suppliers to directly get fresh food to needy families
Waitrose and other UK supermarkets have long leaned on partnerships they have with charitable organisations to help bring meals to families who need it most. Instead of going to waste, excess food that is the equivalent of 16 million meals have gone to FareShare and other groups from Waitrose alone in the past six years. […]
Fruits and vegetables will be used as ‘prescriptive medicine’ during trial in two London boroughs
Two boroughs in London that through the years have experienced high levels of chronic disease will be part of a trial launched by Alexandra Rose Charity to boost health outcomes through prescriptive use of fresh produce. The Charity, working with public health teams in Lambeth and Tower Hamlets, have unveiled Fruit & Veg Prescription, a […]
Tesco partners with FareShare, Trussell Trust on ‘unprecedented’ food collection this winter
Tesco is one of a number of supermarket chains across the UK preparing for the winter rush of shoppers while also trying to ensure that those in need are helping during the festive period. Tesco announced it is launching its annual Food Collection drive from December 1 to 3 to assist charities Trussell Trust and […]
Tackling social sustainability in fresh produce
Social sustainability can best be described as a company’s desire to “make a positive difference to people’s lives and futures, with a focus on their position in the environment.” Social sustainability projects can create great support for and understanding of sustainability. Quite a few fresh produce companies aspire to become a supply chain partner that […]
Caboodle provides more direct network for UK retailers to tackle food waste
Several top brands, along with retailer Co-op and Microsoft, have begun to trial a massive project called Caboodle that aims to dramatically cut down on food waste in the UK. With more than 1.1 million tonnes of food going into the bin, co-founder Co-op and others want to find a way to both eliminate that […]
Research & Analysis: Industry Should Focus On Getting the Poor to Eat More
Consumers indeed make produce a personal decision, and to whatever degree the industry — growers/shippers and retailers — can offer more options, consumers will split up their purchases, and so the new items offered will have some volume. It is also true that some of the new items — better varieties, more convenient cuts, interesting […]
Tesco’s ‘Help a Child’ produce campaign eclipses 3 million meals
Through the generosity of customers and their penchant for purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables, Tesco was able to help FareShare provide more than three millions meals to children’s charities in its Buy One to Help a Child campaign. Just during the past three weeks, the supermarket chain has made thousands of equivalent meal donations for […]
