Moray shoppers thanked for generosity after donating thousands of meals to local food banks
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MORAY shoppers have been thanked for their generosity after providing nearly 4000 meals to support local food banks and charities.
Tesco customers donated a total of 3910 meals at stores across Moray between June 30 and July 2 this year.
A total of 1.3 million meals were donated across the UK with Tesco topping the total up with an additional 20 per cent.
Food donated during the Tesco Food Collection has been shared with food banks in the Trussell Trust network and frontline charities supplied with food by FareShare.
Moray shoppers also contributed towards a total of £328,000 which was raised through customers donating money by rounding up at checkouts.
Claire De Silva, head of community at Tesco, said: "We’re so grateful to our generous customers who kindly do what they can to help their local food banks and charities during our food collection.
"We hope our year-round donation points, now across our smaller convenience stores too, will provide more ways for people to help by giving if they can."
FareShare CEO Lindsay Boswell thanked shoppers in Moray for their support.
He said: “We are immensely grateful to Tesco customers for their generous food and financial donations during the Summer Food Collection. The support we receive from Tesco and its customers will enable FareShare to continue our support of children and families in Moray during the summer and beyond.”
Emma Revie, chief executive at the Trussell Trust, added: "As the nation faces a rapid rise in the cost of living, food banks in our network are telling us that families up and down the country are having to make impossible decisions between putting food on the table or being able to take a hot shower – and too many people are being left with no option but to use a food bank because their money simply won’t stretch.
“The incredible generosity of Tesco customers during the Summer Food Collection will play a vital role in helping food banks in Scotland provide emergency food and support to people facing hardship during this challenging period."
