On Thursday, Friday and Saturday last week, more than 120 volunteers helped us with the Tesco Food Collection at 9 supermarkets across Greater Manchester.
There was a fantastic turnout, our best year to date, with helpers of all ages from school-aged children up to retired people too. Our volunteers worked 3-hour-long shifts speaking to shoppers about our food collection and receiving the donations of food and toiletries.
Everyone who gave up their time to help was amazing, and their support ensures that we can continue to distribute food to those in need through our various programs, including our Get Food initiative. Some of our volunteers are veterans of the Tesco Food Collection campaign, returning for the third year running! We were even visited by 4 MPs who came along and joined in with our efforts.
Food Heroes
We would like to say a huge thank you to all the Food Heroes who helped us with this great event – especially everyone who donated food and toiletries towards the collection and the fantastic Tesco staff who supported us throughout. A vast amount was collected and will be redistributed to our 240+ community food members in the weeks ahead. The volunteers who participated in the Tesco Food Collection truly exemplified the spirit of Tesco Food Heroes, helping us gather much-needed food donations for local communities.
