All Food poverty articles – Page 3
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NewsTesco to bring back Kids Eat Free scheme in cafés from Boxing Day
The deal allows families to claim one free hot meal, breakfast or pick ‘n’ mix deal with any item bought by an adult when showing their Clubcard
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Comment & Opinion
Why Jack Monroe is The Grocer’s Hero of the Year
Monroe argued back in January that the system by which we measure the impact of inflation is fundamentally flawed
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Comment & Opinion
Dear industry: it is our responsibility to prevent food poverty. If not us, who?
The food and drink industry should shoulder the burden of combating UK hunger, says Ian Wright, outgoing co-chair of the Food & Drink Sector Council
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Healthy Start vouchers: half of families missing out, claim campaigners
In March 2022, the Department of Health & Social Care ceased publishing scheme uptake and eligibility data per local authority area
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Olive Dining partners with Olio to share surplus meals with local communities
The partnership will see leftovers from schools in south east London distributed to communities via the Olio app
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Migrants 'facing food poverty crisis' in the UK
Current rules means many migrants should have “no recourse to public funds” (NRPF), which includes most benefits
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Marks & Spencer releases Christmas song sequel following last year’s hit
The retailer is hoping to take the top spot in this year’s charts with the release of the R&B-esque ‘This is Not Just Another Christmas Song’
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Student launches Christmas wonky veg box to support vulnerable
The Earth & Wheat box will include large potatoes, parsnips, red cabbage, carrots, broccoli, leeks, onions, garlic, herbs and brussels sprouts
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Analysis & Features
Is food & drink losing the war on supply chain food waste?
Not only are big leaps in reducing food waste now being lost, but we’ve learnt the scale of the problem has been hugely underestimated for years
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Comment & Opinion
How can the government watch food banks run out when millions of tonnes of food is going to waste?
A new report shows suggests the war on food waste is in danger of being lost
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Urgent action needed to tackle ‘underestimated’ food waste issue
Food redistribution charity FareShare said it was unacceptable that its calls for funding had fallen on deaf ears
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Asda serves millionth £1 meal in kids and OAPs offer
Asda also revealed 73% of the sales of the meals came from customers who were new visitors to the Asda Café, including a third who were completely new to Asda
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Sainsbury’s to extend £2 Healthy Start top-up to Wales and Northern Ireland
The announcement follows Sainsbury’s decision last month to reintroduce the £2 coupon over the next six months to customers using a Healthy Start card in England
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Tesco launches ‘reverse supermarket’ to help people suffering with food poverty
The move comes with FareShare and the Trussell Trust reporting they expect to provide food support to more than 1.2 million people this winter
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Arla gathers politicians in childhood hunger campaign
The session was designed to highlight the impacts of morning hunger on children’s learning
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Fruit and veg prescription pilot launched in London boroughs
The trial will explore the viability of fruit and veg on prescription as a long-term solution to tackling diet-related ill health and food insecurity
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Veg Power partners with DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda for affordable lunchbox ideas
The partnership has published a Kung Fu Panda themed lunchbox guide and a weekly planner
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Comment & Opinion
How shoppers are changing habits to save money and cut food waste
It’s not just about budget for today’s shoppers – many are switching categories to help avoid waste, says Steph Cullen, head of manufacturing at IRI
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FareShare strikes deal with Premier Foods amid rising food poverty concerns
The five-year deal will see Premier donate surplus food to the redistribution network
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A ‘tsunami of need’: Trussell Trust calls on government to act on ‘alarming’ levels of food poverty
The group has released new figures showing 1.3 million emergency food parcels were provided by the charity’s network partners to people in need between April and September – a third more than was provided during the same period in 2021
