Help the Hungry: Sainsbury’s forges new partnership with charities delivering surplus food to people in need

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Lindsay Boswell, CEO at FareShare, said the new nationwide partnership with Sainsbury’s and the Trussell Trust — the UK’s largest network of food banks — showed how big businesses and the voluntary sector could achieve “incredible things” by working together. “It will enable FareShare to dramatically scale up the amount of food we can distribute right across the UK, enabling us to get more food out to the thousands of charities and community groups, fellow food redistribution organisations, food banks and pantries,” she said. “It is these groups who, under the most extraordinary circumstances, are doing everything they can to safely deliver food onto the doorsteps of those who are most at risk.” Sainsbury’s will identify stock available within its supply chain that food banks are most in need of, and a group of logistics companies — including Palletforce and XPO Logistics — will help FareShare move it from regional depots to smaller groups in need. “All these organisations have innovatively adapted their services … and we are truly grateful that they are helping food banks to continue to provide their essential community service.” FareShare volunteer Jed organising food delivery in London Judith Batchelar, director of the Sainsbury’s brand, added: “Coronavirus has impacted everyone in the UK and it’s important that we support each other now, more than ever.” Responding to the enormous scale of the crisis, FareShare, The Felix Project and City Harvest have teamed up to create the London Food Alliance.