Airdrie and Coatbridge Tesco shoppers have defied the cost of living crisis to support foodbanks and local charities.Overall, more than 2.4 million meals were gathered across the UK during the Tesco Food Collection at the beginning of this month, with 7360 coming from Monklands customers.The total amount of food donated by Tesco shoppers to the Trussell Trust and FareShare throughout the year was the equivalent of 12.5 million meals, 16,129 of which came from Airdrie and Coatbridge.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The donations to the Trussell Trust help foodbanks to provide emergency food parcels to people in crisis, while donations to FareShare support thousands of frontline local charities in communities across the country.Tesco has also topped up all customer donations during the collection by 20 per cent in cash to support the two charities with their operating costs and ensure the food can get to where it is most needed.
Tesco UK and Northern Ireland CEO Jason Tarry told Lanarkshire Live: "Our customers have always amazed us with their generosity, this year more than ever. "We know that household budgets are very stretched, but our customers have been incredible.
We had people donating whole trollies of food at our recent Tesco Food Collection, and it is genuinely heart-warming to see so
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