Tescos FareShare FoodCloud Rolls Out in Angus

Tesco and FareShare are calling on charities and community groups in Angus to register for an exciting new scheme which will see unsold food become meals for vulnerable people. As part of its ongoing pledge to cut food waste, Tesco’s Community Food Connection programme with FareShare FoodCloud recruits and supports charities and community groups, linking them to Tesco stores via an innovative app that allows store teams to alert them to surplus unsold food items available at the end of each day.

There have been 350,000 meals donated to people in need via Community Food Connection to date, following a successful pilot in 14 stores last year and a national rollout from March this year, that has seen more than 1000 charities sign up to the scheme so far. FareShare FoodCloud is the result of a unique three-way partnership bringing the charity, social enterprise and commercial sectors together. 

FareShare FoodCloud, Iain Livingstone, Tesco Store Director, said: “No food that can be eaten should go to waste. We’re really excited to start working on this initiative to ensure that any unsold food we have is made use of. We are looking forward to forging strong links with local charities and community groups in Angus, and to use this initiative to support their efforts to help vulnerable people in our community.”