This is all part of Tesco Ireland’s drive to eradicate food waste from their stores by 2020.
Tesco Ireland are launching an initiative called The Community Chill, which will enable good causes to buy fridges and freezers and take in more surplus food from their supermarkets.
It all forms part of the company’s commitment not to see any surplus food that’s fit for human consumption go to waste by the year 2020.
Andrew Yaxley, Tesco Ireland Chief Executive said: “At Tesco we believe that it’s simply not right that perfectly good surplus food should go to waste when there are people in our local communities who need it.
“That’s why we’ve set an ambitious target that no food that is suitable for human consumption will go to waste in our stores in Ireland by 2020.
“Working in partnership with over 260 charitable groups around the country and listening to their feedback we have identified that the charitable sector need a helping hand to increase their storage facilities so they can redistribute even more surplus food to those in need.
“So to support, we’re launching a new initiative to donate brand new fridges and freezers to groups who currently collect surplus food donations from us, or who want to sign up to take part.”
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