TWITTER – An interesting statistic doing the rounds is that there are now more food banks than McDonald’s in Britain, according to new figures.
McDonald’s the American fastfood chain has become a mainstay on most UK highstreets, with 1,249 branches now in operation since the first outlet opened in Woolwich in 1974.
But the number of foodbanks has surpassed that figure in half that time, with more than 2,000 in operation according to Independent Food Aid Network figures, some 1,200 of which are run by the charity The Trussell Trust.
More food banks than McDonald’s
One wrote: “2019 under the Tories…. McDonalds 1249 Subway 2000 Burger King 500 Starbucks 995 Costa 2000 Food banks 2030.
“In 2013 the Tories rejected £22,000,000 of funding from the EU to help fund food banks.”
Another said simply: “More food banks than McDonalds.”
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