Grangemouth supermarket depot helps to donate almost 500,000 meals to vulnerable families

The town’s Asda Distribution Centre was among a group that handed over surplus food equating to 534,848 meals to thousands of families.

The donation was coordinated in partnership with food redistribution charity The Bread and Butter Thing (TBBT).

Last April, TBBT experienced a 460 per cent increase in need year-on-year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

By the end of 2020, membership grew by 50 per cent from 8000 to 12,000 members, with the charity providing 3.2 million meals thanks to its partnership with the supermarket giant.

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Karen Todd, Asda’s zero waste manager, said: “We are really proud that through our partnership with TBBT we are able to help support so many families who are facing difficult times by providing surplus food, which not only provides much needed meals for those in need, but also helps us tackle food waste, something which our customers and colleagues are really passionate about.

“We continue to work hard to reduce our food waste and it’s through partnerships like these that we can ensure surplus food can be delivered to the communities where it is needed the most.”

Mark Game, TBBT chief executive, said: “We're enormously grateful for the support that ASDA have given us this year with a whole variety of stock and supplies helping us to keep our growing number of members fed.

“By using TBBT's affordable food service, we know we're enabling people to eat better quality and healthier food and we couldn't do that without the help of our brilliant partner suppliers like Asda.”

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