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Tinned Vegetables and Mince Pies: Preparing for Christmas at the UK’s Busiest Food Bank
The Queens Road Baptist Church food bank in Coventry hands out up to 1,800 emergency food supplies in the weeks before Christmas.
This Is Why We Can’t Solve Our Food Waste Problem
A survey of 218 UK food charities has found that refrigeration issues and lack of storage space are stopping surplus supermarket and restaurant food from being redistributed.
All the Food in This Supermarket Has Been Rescued from Landfill
Community Shop in West Norwood, London sources retail surplus food destined for landfill, and sells it to locals struggling on low incomes. “It’s not just about cheap food, it’s about good quality products,” explains manager Clara Widdison.
Hey, Idiot, Food Banks Don’t Want Your Canned Alligator and Old Vitamins
Processing all of the weird old junk food that people donate (with good intentions or otherwise) costs this Vancouver-based food bank $40,000 a year.
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