M&S Hamilton’s food store donates almost 79,000 meals to local charity Betel UK

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M&S Hamilton’s food store has donated almost 79,000 meals to local charity, Betel UK. This year, as the cost-of-living continues to be top of mind with more people across Scotland reliant on food charities to access good quality food, the partnership between Betel and M&S has seen over 2.1 million meals donated across the country – an increase on last year’s two million.Betel UK is just one of the projects to benefit from this partnership as it has received thousands of donations from the M&S Hamilton Foodhall.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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