Aldi helps Lanarkshire charities by donating thousands of meals for … – Daily Record
A leading supermarket has helped to provide Christmas cheer across Lanarkshire by donating thousands of meals to good causes.
Aldi supported local charities, community groups and food banks in Lanarkshire on Christmas Eve by donating a whopping 10,019 meals to those in need.
Working with Neighbourly, the supermarket paired up stores with local charity partners in the area to collect unsold fresh and chilled food when stores closed early on December 24, and stores will repeat the initiative on December 31.
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The donations were hailed as “vital” by charity bosses.
To further support local communities this year, Aldi’s Emergency Winter Foodbank Fund saw the supermarket also commit to donating £250,000 to charitable organisations throughout the winter season.
Liz Fox from Aldi UK told us: “We are incredibly proud to have supported so many amazing charities and community groups in Lanarkshire this Christmas, helping them to provide warm and healthy festive meals to those in need.
“We know that the festive period will have been a particularly challenging time for so many this year which is why we also launched our Emergency Foodbank Fund – allowing us to support even more organisations at a time of heightened demand.”
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Steve Butterworth, from Neighbourly, added: “Christmas is always a busy time for charities and food banks, but this year was, without doubt, one of the busiest.
“The donations from Aldi are vital for so many people and we are really pleased to be working together to help those in need again this year.”
Both the festive food donations and fund are part of Aldi’s successful partnership with Neighbourly, a community giving platform that links businesses to charitable organisations.
All of Aldi’s 980 UK stores donate surplus food to good causes, all year round, with over 27 million meals donated to good causes since its partnership with Neighbourly began back in 2019.
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