Analysis: drop in donations and reduced capacity to deliver mean food banks will have to shrink the size of parcels
Many food banks rely on bulk supplies of free surplus food from supermarkets. Some report these have become less frequent, others that they have dried up altogether. Fare Share, the national charity that distributes tens of thousands of tonnes of surplus food to local charities each year, says HGV shortages mean supplies to its warehouses are down by a third in recent weeks “with no end in sight”.
