Tesco food collection scheme aims to help the needy this Christmas

Kirkwall’s Tesco store is taking part in the Help Feed People In Need campaign this weekend.

The campaign aims to supply food for thousands of people in need this Christmas with the help of food charity FareShare and Foodbanks charity the Trussell Trust.

Philip Clarke, chief executive of Tesco said: “We recently held some local food collections and were overwhelmed by the support from our customers, who have shown incredible generosity. I hope they’ll support the biggest ever food collection in the UK and help us to feed hundreds of thousands of people in need.”

Collections will take place from 9am – 10pm and Tesco will be topping up total donations by 30 per cent and will also be providing funding to both organisations.