Woolies to rescue extra food
Apr 1, 2010
Gungahlin’s Woolworths supermarket will rescue surplus food from the store and turn it into meals for those in need.The store will contribute to the chain’s national campaign to provide two million meals for those in need, and $2 million for those who serve them, to help address an underlying social problem in Australia.
Each year households, retailers, restaurants and businesses throw out millions of tonnes of food, which then finds its way into landfill sites.
Although not always fit for sale, much of it is good quality and could easily be rescued and turned into nutritious, healthy meals for the needy or vulnerable in society.
“We know that if we can ensure fresh edible food, which for various reasons we can no longer sell, is donated to charitable organisations, it can make a real difference to those people in the local community who have trouble putting three square meals on the table every day,” Woolworths Gungahlin store manager Dragan Cerveni said.
Source: Gungahlin News – April 2010.
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