All Food poverty articles – Page 9
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NewsSupermarkets back Henry Dimbleby’s call for mandatory reporting on healthy sales
The report claimed that the government’s voluntary reformulation programme had failed
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Comment & Opinion
Food businesses need to take a lead on addressing hunger – starting with their own employees
We need a rethink in our approach to addressing hunger and hardship, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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Joe & Seph’s unveils vegan version of chocolate caramel sauce
The brand has also launched fully recyclable pouches for its 10 bestselling popcorn flavours
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Healthier diets ‘three times as expensive’, claims Food Foundation report
Foods that are high in sugar and fat are only 40% of the cost of fruit & vegetables per each 1,000 calories.
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Southern Co-op tops up Healthy Start vouchers with extra £1
Southern Co-op’s extra boost will bring the total value of the vouchers to £5.25
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Charity leaders slam government for food redistribution funding snub
’Extending funding makes economic sense, it makes environmental sense and it makes social sense,’ said FareShare CEO Lindsay Boswell
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Government rejects calls for food redistribution funding despite HGV hunger crisis
The government today published its response to the second Covid 19 and Food Supply Report from the Efra Committee
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Boss Ken Murphy says Tesco has gone into ‘overdrive’ to tackle HGV crisis
Tesco and other supermarkets urged the government this week to take action to tackle the driver shortage
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Tonnes of food wasted each week due to driver shortage, Tesco tells ministers
Nearly 50 tonnes of food across its supply chain has been binned in the last week
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Food industry helps FareShare double meals to hungry during pandemic
The charity’s annual statistics confirm between April 2020 and March 2021 it redistributed more than 55,000 tonnes of food, the equivalent of nearly 132 million meals
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Supermarkets agree to change own label rules to send more to food banks
Supermarkets and suppliers are hoping to stop huge amounts of surplus own-label food being sent to animal feed rather than food banks
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Company Shop increases number of redistributed items
Company Shop opened five new stores last year
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Morrisons shoppers donate £500,000 to food banks through Trussell Trust
Morrisons added pre-set donation options to orders during the pandemic
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Tesco reports surge in food surplus during the pandemic
The UK’s biggest retailer this week revealed its food surplus in 2020/21 hit nearly 50,000 tonnes
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Co-op and Hubbub to fast-track rollout of community fridges
The charity’s network of fridges already redistributes around 3,145 tonnes of surplus food – the equivalent of almost 7.5 million meals a year.
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Asda hunger report shows single parents and disabled worst hit by pandemic
Asda has also launched a new national food drive calling on customers to help people struggling with hunger
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Comment & Opinion
Dear Henry Dimbleby: give us a fair food strategy for people, planet and animals
We want a National Food Strategy both businesses and grassroots organisations can get behind, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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Deliveroo and grocery partners to deliver one million meals to those in need
The initiative will see Deliveroo riders pick up food that would otherwise go to waste from Co-op, Waitrose and Pret a Manger
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IGD launches new guide to help suppliers tackle food surplus crisis
IGD has worked with Ben Elliot, the food surplus and waste champion for Defra, and Wrap on the new guide
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City Harvest appoints David Carter as CEO
Founder and CEO Laura Winningham is moving to a new position as head of strategy
