Banking on Paul! Chippy helps out again with local foodbank

Banking on Paul!

Chippy helps out again with local foodbank

Paul Hay, the owner of Fish ’n’ Fritz, Weymouth’s award-winning Fish & Chip shop, has made last year’s pandemic food donation to Weymouth Foodbank an annual thing. The business has made another donation of 60 fruit and vegetable boxes.

The first donation came about at the height of the COVID lockdown when Paul discovered Weymouth Foodbank’s incredible work in the local community. Distributing over 50,000 meals annually to families across Weymouth from their three outlets Weymouth Baptist Church, Westham Methodist Church and St Francis, Littlemoor.

Helen M tells us more about how Weymouth Foodbank operates “Demand for food has more than doubled over the last 2 years. Given the increase in size of operation in the last 2 years, we needed to find somewhere to store and distribute food to the satellites. We were fortunate to find a large warehouse space in Albany Road on the Granby Industrial Estate. All food donated by individuals and corporates is sent to the warehouse (known as the “hub”) for checking and storing. Food is supplied to the three satellites from here.”

Fish ’n’ Fritz works closely with organisations in the community, including ‘The Bus Shelter Dorset and The Lantern Trust, all part of the community ethos behind Fish ’n’ Fritz. For many years Paul has been promoting and accepting ‘Suspended Coffee & Meals’ from customers who want to do something for people who are less fortunate than themselves. This, over time, has equated to 1,000’s of hot drinks and meals. It was his work with these community groups that led to these donations to Weymouth Foodbank.

Paul Hay explains how his donation has become

an annual thing “The work Fish ’n’ Fritz does in the community is very important to the team and me. Discovering the gap the Foodbank filled and how tirelessly Helen and her team work to help people to put food on their families table inspired me to make our fruit and veg box donation an annual thing. Now, more so than ever, with the ‘Cost Of Living Crisis’ affecting even more people, it’s important to step up and help where we can.”

Fish ’n’ Fritz fruit and vegetable boxes are aimed at families, couples and singles. They contain a wide selection of fruit and veg including potatoes, carrots, broccoli, onions, parsnips, cabbages, swede, apples, bananas and grapes.

How are you helping out in your community? Email austen@chippychat.co.uk

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