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Aldi set to donate up to 400,000 meals to charities over Easter school holidays

Published on Aldi will be supporting charities throughout the UK by donating almost 400,000 meals to people in need during the Easter school holidays. As a founding member of Marcus Rashford’s Child Food Poverty Taskforce, the supermarket has paired its stores up with local charities, community groups and foodbanks to donate surplus food, prioritising donations to those focused on feeding children. Around 149 tonnes of food will be donated throughout the UK, with more than 250,000 meals expected to be donated to causes supporting families and children in need. The donation is part of Aldi’s commitment to donate 10 million meals across the country in 2021, in partnership with community giving platform Neighbourly.

Aldi to donate over 250,000 meals during Easter school holidays

Aldi claims it has already donated two million meals this year to tackle child food poverty Aldi is set to donate over 250,000 meals to charities supporting children facing hunger over the Easter school holidays. The discounter will be donating surplus food from stores to local causes through the community giving platform Neighbourly. It’s part of Aldi’s commitment to donate 10 million meals through Neighbourly in 2021, and its support for footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign to tackle child food poverty. The discounter has already donated a claimed two million meals this year. Aldi said today it expected to donate around 149 tonnes of food over the Easter school holidays, to causes prioritising children facing hunger.

FareShare celebrates 130 million meals redistributed in a year working with Marcus Rashford

Rashford with a FareShare van FareShare has delivered 130 million meals to vulnerable people in the past year with the help of major supermarkets and footballer Marcus Rashford. It is an average of four meals every second to vulnerable children, families and individuals, and a doubling of FareShare’s usual redistribution work. The UK’s biggest food charity said support from Rashford and many of the UK’s major supermarket chains had helped it meet the challenge of soaring demand during the pandemic. FareShare has named a new warehouse Melanie Maynard House after Rashford’s mother, in recognition of the 23-year-old Manchester United star’s work. The site was acquired in Manchester’s Openshaw last year, with funding from Asda, and is due to open this summer after refurbishment. 

General Mills: Marcus Rashford supported One Pot Wonders to feed children in half-term

A SCHOOL in Lancashire is one of two taking part in a pilot One Pot Wonder Scheme aimed at feeding children during half-term. The scheme is being trialled by General Mills, a leading global food company alongside Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge and the Greggs Foundation charity and will provide families with free slow cookers, ingredients and recipes. They say that they were inspired by the company s work with Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford s Child Food Poverty Taskforce during 2020 and have been boosted by the star striker s support for the new scheme. Marcus Rashford said: “It’s great to see members of the Taskforce working together on initiatives to support our most vulnerable children, and identifying solutions to alleviate fear and stress during school holidays.

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