TESCO to open up another avenue for shoppers to donate to foodbanks in Cumbria. 

The Tesco Food Collection is taking place in every large Tesco store across the UK from Thursday, June 30 until Saturday, July 2, and shoppers are being urged to donate long-life food to support local food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network and thousands of frontline charities supplied by FareShare.

Tesco will top up all food donations made during the collection with an extra 20 per cent cash donation to support the two charities.

To make it even easier for customers to donate, shoppers can now round up their bill at the checkout to make a small donation to both the charities, and pre-filled donation bags with some of the items that are most-needed will be available in selected stores.

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For those that use Tesco Express stores, new permanent donation points are being placed in every store in the UK for the first time - with shoppers also being able to donate their Tesco Clubcard points online to either of the charities.

Tesco head of community, Claire de Silva, said: "This collection marks ten years of us working with the Trussell Trust and FareShare. During that decade our customers have been amazingly generous, donating more than 100 million meals during our food collections and at permanent collection points in Tesco stores, but we wanted to make it even easier for customers in Cumbria to donate this summer as we know that every can donated really does help," she said. 

Tom Carysforth, general manager at FareShare Lancashire and Cumbria, said: "Our charities are telling us that the need for food has vastly increased as a result of the cost-of-living crisis, and over the last year we’ve continued to deliver four meals every second to people facing food insecurity across the UK.

"That’s why we would be immensely grateful to anyone who is able to donate a bag of pasta or tin of vegetables over the Tesco Food Collection weekend – your generous donations will help us continue providing vital support to families struggling to cope this summer," he said. 

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