Generous shoppers on the Isle of Wight are being asked to donate to the UK’s biggest food drive this weekend as charities warn of the increasing need for food.
The 10th annual Tesco Food Collection, which takes place in every Tesco store from 1st-3rd December, comes as charities the Trussell Trust and FareShare expect to provide food to 1.2million people in the UK this winter.
On the Island, Trussell Trust runs the Isle of Wight Foodbank.
During the collection, shoppers are being encouraged to donate long-life food items at their local Tesco store. The donations will support food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network to provide emergency parcels to people in crisis and help FareShare supplement fresh food donations to thousands of frontline charities.
The items most needed by local foodbanks and charities will be highlighted in store, and shoppers at large stores will also be able to pick up pre-filled donation bags containing items that food banks and local charities have chosen. During the collection, Tesco customers can also round up their bill at the till to make a small donation to the charities or donate Clubcard vouchers online, with Tesco matching their value.
Tesco CEO Ken Murphy said:
“Our customers have been incredibly generous during our decade-long partnership with the charities and have helped to donate more than 100 million meals’ worth of food to date.
“This is going to be a difficult winter for food banks and charities and every can, packet or jar our customers donate to this weekend’s Tesco Food Collection will make a difference. We will top up all those donations with 20% in cash to support the charities.”
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Emma Revie, Chief Executive of the Trussell Trust, said:
“We are extremely grateful to Tesco for the invaluable support that they have provided to food banks across the UK over the last decade, said. Tesco and its customers are the biggest single source of food donations for the Trussell Trust’s network of food banks but our partnership has also offered far more than just food.
“Now, at a time when food banks on the Isle of Wight are facing a tsunami of need created by the soaring cost of living, the support of Tesco and their customers is appreciated now more than ever before. We encourage anyone who is in a position to make a donation to visit a Tesco store on the Isle of Wight and take part in the Winter Collection. You’ll be helping to keep food banks open this winter.”
I would not dontate, as a high percentage of those receiving this aid will be better off than I.
Also, many of their feral offspring will be the ones stealing, vandalising, and otherwise being unpleasant beings throughout their lives.
With child allowance, child tax, working tax credits, free rent and council tax, free school meals, free uniforms, transport, free dental and prescriptions, extra heating allowances, free insulation, free gym membership etc etc etc, WHY can’t they pay for ONE item, FOOD. Why keep having children IF, and a big IF you are sooo poor?
I would rather give to any animal charity, as animals can’t help themselves, and are not ever deliberately vile.
I guess it make peeps feel rich to give to others
I see life’s little failures are out and about again (you and Willet)
If someone on benefits is better off than you then that is your fault for not getting off your own backside and making something of your own life.
Too many people on here blaming others for their own failure.
I give to food banks because I used to use them myself. The difference is, unlike you, I made something of my life. Giving to them doesn’t make me feel rich. I am rich.
At least, as Harry Enfield used to say, considerably richer than you.
its a well known fact that those that proudly talk of being rich, without having to actually prove it, rarely are.
You are another one of life’s losers that blame their own miserable existence on others. Usually foreigners in your case. You like to believe that I’m not wealthy because that is yet another excuse for your own miserable failure in the game of life.
Pathetic.
you see the thing is sid – it does take one, to know one.
ergo – you are clearly one of lifes losers to recognise a loser – pretending to be wealthy to present an image to hide a life of abject failure. very sad.
It’s an even more well know fact that those who constantly bleat about people receiving aid from the state do so because of their own inadequacies.
As Sid says, they are just blaming others for their own failures.
on the contrary timms – if i was claiming state aid, I would be very supportive of further state aid and an increase in benefits – as i would want more – seeing as I cannot stand spongers, that should indicate to you, that I do not claim. not too hard was it.
IMO give to animal charities, for they have no voice, will not grow up being vile criminals, and won’t see ‘kindness’ as ‘weakness’.
Many pets are being dumped due to cost and bored brats wanting such in the lockdown, now tired of them.
Poor people could in almost all case work, many are selling dope, swindling the benefits, or having more children, which, IF they were caring they would not inflict a hard life on their own children.
Tesco profit £2billion? Yet they want us to buy food from them and give it to a food bank….
How about Tesco donating the food, with all the price increases
It’s difficult to purchase ones own shopping, yet alone someone else’s
Shopping.
I would not donate to tesco if it was the last supermarket on earth. The profits they rake in they could feed the entire island and more. Money grabbing misers. I noticed they were keeping pricies reasonably down but suprise suprise they have hiked them up for Christmas. How about they show a little compassion . Most of us are struggling and working long hours to make ends meet . I’d rather donate to the donkey sanctuary.