Your grocery shop could help communities across the country - here’s how
Lidl is supporting FoodCloud’s Food For Ireland initiative, and you can donate until Sunday September 20.
Donate groceries to help FoodCloud meet unprecedented demand
Between Thursday Sept 17 and Sunday Sept 20, Lidl shoppers can donate much needed non-perishable food which will then be redistributed directly to charities across Ireland who have highlighted a shortage.
What to donate
The food items that are needed most right now include: breakfast cereals, cooking sauces, hot drinks, rice and pasta, tinned soups and beans and tinned fruits including tomatoes.
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Where your donations will go
FoodCloud is an Irish social enterprise with a vision for a world where no good food goes to waste. They connect food businesses with surplus food to charities and community groups around Ireland.
At Lidl, we take the issue of food poverty seriously and have been working with FoodCloud since 2017 to help redistribute over 2 million meals to our local communities across Ireland.
“No-one should go hungry during the Covid-19 pandemic; however, the reality is there are hundreds and thousands of vulnerable families and people in communities across our Island who cannot get access to food,” says FoodCloud CEO Iseult Ward.
Other ways Lidl is helping the cause
Over the last few weeks, Lidl has written to suppliers encouraging them sign up to the appeal and Lidl colleagues have been volunteering to help glean additional harvest for charity. Over the next few weeks Lidl colleagues will be volunteering in the FoodCloud Hubs in Dublin, Cork and Galway.
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