# Tesco to donate 1.7 million more meals to charities through FareShare

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/11/16/tesco-to-donate-1-7m-more-meals-to-charities-through-fareshare/
- Published: 2015-11-16T07:20:21+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Tesco is to donate surplus food from all its ambient distribution centres to food
redistribution charity FareShare. This will result in a further 700,000 meals going
to people in need.**

In addition the retailer will make a one-off donation to FareShare, which it already
suppliers with surplus food from its fresh distribution centres, of **one million
meals**. This will consist of products such as tinned meat, cereals, canned fruit
and vegetables.

[FareShare](http://www.fareshare.org.uk) will distribute these donations to people
in need across the country through organisations like women’s refuges, homeless 
shelters and children’s breakfast clubs.

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Rebecca Shelley, [Tesco](http://www.tescoplc.com/) Communication Responsibility 
Director, said:

> “We hate to waste food and want to do everything we can to support people in need.
> We have been working with FareShare for the last three years and we know these
> donations will make a real difference to people’s lives. Every little help can
> make a big difference and it’s vital that we support those that need it most.”

Lindsay Boswell, FareShare CEO, said:

> “Over the last 12 months FareShare redistributed over 2,660 tonnes of food from
> Tesco – including food donated from the twice yearly Neighbourhood Food Collections–
> to over 2,100 charities across the UK. Our rewarding and longstanding partnership
> with Tesco means this latest donation will help us reach – and feed – even more
> vulnerable people.”

_Photo: [Tesco](https://www.flickr.com/photos/loopzilla/439516532) by Gordon Joly
on Flickr.com_

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