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A Simple Prescription For a Healthier You
By Dr Gemma Newman, The Plant Power Doctor
A simple prescription for a healthier you
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Booths “Buy One Give One Free” Initiative Donates 15,000 Additional Items to Local Food Banks in 3 Months
The family-owned retailer Booths has donated over 15,000 food bank additional items in under 3 months with their community-based initiative “Buy One Give One Free.” The extra 15,000 items are on top of customer donations that continued to grow during the pandemic.
The simple and effective scheme, introduced in late November, means that for every qualifying item purchased, customers will receive another one free of charge, which they can then donate at the store’s food bank collection point after checkout. Booths implemented the scheme at pace to assist in the increase in demand for food banks during the pandemic, with more families needing support with essential food and hygiene products. The Buy One Give One Free encourages customers to donate food items to the collection trolley points located in each of its stores. Every Booths store is partnered with a local food bank in their area and this enables donations to be tailored to the needs of the local community.
Customer Experience Manager and pioneer behind Booths Food Bank Donation programme Colin Porter, said “We’re overwhelmed by the support of both customers and our supplier base who have helped Booths keep local food banks topped up in times of high demand. We’re grateful for the generous donations and their continued support.”
The food bank donations are distributed through 4 key charity partners, the Blackpool Food Bank, Lancaster Foodbank, Chorley Help the Homeless and Ribble Valley Foodbank.
Neil Reid, Chair of Blackpool Food Bank said, “Demand for food bank produce has tripled since March 2020 and shows no visible sign of abating. We support families and individuals by providing 12,000 meals per week across our network. The support from Booths as a long standing “friend” is vital.”
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Jane Chitnis, Manager of the Ribble Valley foodbank said, “The food which we collect from Clitheroe and Longridge Booths are our major donations each week and is a mainstay of our supply. This regular donation is vitally important to us and having some items of fresh fruit and vegetables to distribute is a real benefit, especially for families with children.” “We continue to need a wide variety of items, including non-perishable food and toiletries and household items, laundry and cleaning products. We update any items we are in short supply of on our facebook page every week, so if you feel you can spare a few items from your weekly shop, please support us.”
Ken Phillips from Chorley Help the Homeless, “We get a full shopping trolley from Booths every week and it’s amazing. We post lists in the Chorley store of what we are short of, and shoppers read that list, as the requested items can be found in the donated items. We are also able to add letters of thanks to the trolley and Booths have posted our letters of thanks in the window so all can see how grateful we are.”
Tony Walker from Lancaster food bank said, “We saw a massive increase, over double the demand for food parcels during the two lockdowns last year. The situation is uncertain in for many families, what will happen when that funding stops and furlough comes to an end isn’t clear - but we will do everything we can to help.”
