Leading food company Moy Park, Which has a major factory in Grantham, is donating £100,000 worth of products to local foodbanks across the UK this Spring. The ‘Spring Chicken’ initiative aims toprovide foodbanks with quality nutritious produce to help those struggling with everyday living costs and poverty in our local communities.
This new initiative builds on Moy Park’s range of existing and long-established community measures, including charity and educational programmes and a specific feature of its £1 million Community Support Fund. The company also partners closely with FareShare and has been supplying food donations since 2015 and will continue to do so alongside the Spring Chicken project.
With thousands of products available weekly through the scheme, Moy Park is encouraging foodbanks local to its sites in England and Northern Ireland to avail of the support.
Launching the new scheme, Stephen Kerwood, HR Business Partner atMoy Park’s Grantham site said: “We are delighted to be able to support organisations that do such important work in our local communities. Through our new Spring Chicken scheme, we hope to help ease the burden on local foodbanks and those impacted by the poverty. This new community initiative is another strand of this approach, and we look forward to seeing significant amounts of product being donated over the coming months.”
The Sleaford New Life Community Larder Foodbank was amongst the first to receive a donation from Moy Park.
Speaking about the scheme, Rod Munro, Team Leader at Sleaford New Life Community Larder Foodbank said: “We want to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to Moy Park for their generous donation towards our Food Bank. The food produce will help us to support many local people who are finding it increasingly difficult to provide nutritious food for their families.”
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