Tesco Fareshare Foodcloud Initiative - Barrhead

EDM number 335 in 2016-17, proposed by Kirsten Oswald on 14/07/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Charities, Food, Service industries and Waste management.

That this House welcomes the initiative introduced by Fareshare in partnership with Foodcloud which redistributes surplus food from Tesco stores to local charities and community groups; notes that the scheme enables local supermarkets to reduce food waste by redistributing surplus, unsold food to good causes in local communities; commends the staff and volunteers at Auchenback Resource Centre, who are working to ensure that the scheme benefits local people in Barrhead and East Renfrewshire; and looks forward to the roll-out of the scheme to supermarkets in Scotland and across the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.