Nestled amid superstores at a retail park, the Colchester Foodbank in eastern England last year gave out a total of 165 tonnes of food enough to feed 17,000 people.
However, that could be surpassed this year, as British annual inflation hit a 30-year high of 5.4 percent last month, as real wages fall, and food and energy costs rise.
“We think we’re likely to feed 20,000 people in 2022,” food bank manager Mike Beckett said. “If there is a slowdown, and things get worse, it might be as many as 25,000 people. “That is certainly a bit of a nightmare. Our
COLCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Nestled amid superstores at a retail park, the Colchester Foodbank in eastern England last year gave out a total of 165 tonnes of food enough to feed 17,000 people.
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