Tesco Food Collections

The Tesco Food Collection is a national event and part of the strategic partnership between Trussell Trust, FareShare & Tesco that has been running since 2012; encouraging customers to buy an extra item or two of food when they shop in store and donate it at the collection point on their way out.

This year the Winter Food Collection took place from Thursday 1 December to Saturday 3 December, Mansfield Tesco Extra located on Jubilee Way South worked with volunteers from the Sherwood Forest Foodbank to;

• Fill & label prepacked donation bags
• Greet customers at the front of the store
• Discuss items required & how the foodbank operates
• Receive food donations & thank donors
• Sort donations ready for delivery back to the Foodbank

Emma Revie, Chief Executive at the Trussell Trust, said: “Food banks across the UK are facing their hardest winter yet as they struggle to cope with a tsunami of need caused by the cost-of-living emergency. On a daily basis, food banks in our network are hearing from families up and down the country who are having to make impossible decisions between putting food on the table or being turning on the heating – and too many people are being left with no option but to use a food bank because their money simply won’t stretch.”

“Thanks to the incredible generosity of Tesco customers, food banks across the Trussell Trust network can continue to provide emergency food and support to people facing hardship. Each and every donation made will enable Sherwood Forest Foodbank to provide immediate help to people in the local community, while the Trussell Trust works in the long term to build a future without the need for food banks.”

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