Shoppers make food donations

STORES in Plymouth have been overwhelmed by the generosity of customers who donated at the Tesco Winter Food Collection.

There were 4,161 meals' worth of long-life food items donated at the collection between 25-30 November in the city's stores.

Every item donated in Plymouth provided much-needed support for charities FareShare and Trussell in the run-up to Christmas.

Donations to Trussell help food banks to provide emergency food parcels to people who cannot afford the essentials, while donations to FareShare support thousands of frontline local charities.

This winter is seeing heightened levels of need for both charities' services with the Christmas holidays being a particularly difficult time for families due to the increased costs that occur at this time of year.

With this in mind, Tesco provided an extra £500,000 of funding to FareShare and Trussell to meet this acute need.