Generous Asda Chadderton customers lead the way in Lancashire

Asda Chadderton customers have helped provide food by adding much-needed items to the collection trolleys

Generous Oldham residents have made a real difference in their local community after donating over 5,200 meals during a recent Asda food drive – the biggest donating store in the county and the sixth in the UK.

Asda Chadderton customers have helped provide food by adding much-needed items to the collection trolleys, helping food banks who have experienced a significant rise in need since the start of the pandemic.

Last year, food banks in the Trussell Trust network provided 2.5 million emergency food parcels with almost a million of these for children.

Kloe Tegg, Asda Fight Hunger Create Change Manager, said: “We are always amazed by the generosity of our customers in donating to what is a really important cause, not just during the food drive but throughout the year.

“Food drives are a vital part of our Fight Hunger Create Change mission to end hunger and these donations will make a huge difference to people in Chadderton.”

Zoe Pate, Senior Food Partnerships Manager at the Trussell Trust, said: “We're overwhelmed by the generosity of Asda customers and are incredibly grateful for their support during the food drive.

"Thanks to their generous donations, food banks in our network have been able to continue to provide emergency food and additional support to people unable to afford the essentials.

"Asda’s support has also allowed us to keep working towards a UK where people don’t need to turn to a food bank for food, where everyone has enough money to afford the essentials.

"We are proud to work together with Asda and its customers to achieve our goal of a hunger free future.”

In total almost 250,000 meals were donated across the two months through 382 stores.

Since Fight Hunger Create Change was created in 2018 Asda and its customers have been able to support more than one million people by providing fresh food and access to support services to help people in crisis get out of the situation they find themselves in.

Through the £25 million donation Asda has made to its charity partners over the past three years, £5.7 million has been granted to food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network to provide services such as finance and debt advice.

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