Food donations
We greatly appreciate your kindness in offering to donate food to us! Your generosity means a lot to us.
What requirements are there around receiving food?
We always follow the WRAP food guides, which can be found here. We have to be very careful what food we do and don't accept as after all, we will be re-using this in our grocery stores that will be available to the public!
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We do not accept frozen food
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We do not accept any food items past the "use by" date
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We do not accept food items that do not have a use by, or best before date
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We do not accept surplus food items that have been home cooked, for example extra portions of soup.
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We do not accept any half opened items, such as gravy granules etc
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We can accept food that has been home grown (apple trees, carrots, potatoes) please enquire beforehand
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We can accept food items that are close to, or slightly past the "best before" date
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We can accept tins, packets, and cupboard items ​
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We can accept refrigerated items
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We can accept bakery items
How do I give you food?
You can drop food items to any one of our stores, but please enquire beforehand. In certain circumstances we can arrange a collection for you, but we can only do this for large quantities of food items.