Aldi donates over 6500 meals to Fife charities

The supermarket paired up its stores with local charities, community groups and foodbanks to make the most of unsold fresh and chilled food after stores closed on December 24.

Around 210 tonnes of food were donated throughout the UK, with more than 500,000 meals donated and over 750 UK causes benefitting from the initiative in total.

The donation is Aldi’s largest to date and helped seven charitable causes across Fife at a time when more people are experiencing financial hardship and food insecurity due to Covid-19.

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This year, for the first time, the initiative will also extend to New Year’s Eve, with Aldi expecting to donate a further 200,000 meals to charitable causes across the country.

The festive food donations are part of Aldi’s successful partnership with Neighbourly, a community giving platform that links businesses to charitable organisations. Thanks to this, all of Aldi’s 900 UK stores now donate surplus food to good causes seven days a week, all year round.

Luke Peech, managing director of Corporate Responsibility at Aldi UK, said: “We’re proud to support good causes across Fife this festive period, helping them to provide fresh and filling meals over Christmas.

“The feedback has been overwhelming and we’re really pleased to have extended the initiative, so we can do what we can for those in need within the community in what was an incredibly tough year.”

Steve Butterworth, from Neighbourly, added: “Sadly, this Christmas has been the busiest on record for the nation’s charities and foodbanks. I’m sure Aldi’s donation has been a lifeline for many.”

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