Supermarket feeding Aviemore folk in need hits 50 million milestone
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Tesco has donated more than 1000 meals in Aviemore as part of a surplus food scheme launched five years ago.
The supermarket chain, hitting a 50 million free meal milestone across the UK, donated the excess food through the Community Food Connection Scheme run by food redistribution charity FareShare.
The food donated is sent to charities and community groups in Aviemore, allowing people in need nourishment that might otherwise go to waste.
Every Tesco store in the UK participates in the scheme, with more than a million meals donated every month.
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic almost 700 new groups have signed up to receive donations of food to meet the needs of communities across the country.
FareShare’s chief executive Lindsay Boswell said: “We are delighted that Tesco has reached this milestone.
“Donating the equivalent of 50 million meals is no mean feat and has gone such a long way in supporting thousands of charities and community groups up and down the country.
“This includes 1,031 meals donated in Aviemore.
“The scheme is a real game-changer for organisations working with the vulnerable, allowing even more people to access good to eat food which would otherwise go to waste.”
The scheme works by pairing charities and community groups with their local Tesco store. At the end of each day, a store employee works out which food is likely to be unsold and then uses a specially-developed app to tell a local charity or community group what food can be collected.
The policy ensures that 77 per cent of surplus food from Tesco stores no longer goes to waste.
