CHARITIES and community groups in the Cardenden area are being urged to join a scheme that lets them collect surplus food from the local Tesco store.
The food, unsold items at the end of each day, is free and includes fresh produce such as fruit and veg, bakery products and chilled food like meat, cheese and ready meals.
Since launching in February 2016 the initiative, Community Food Connections, has helped provide 11 million meals to over 5,800 charities and community groups, whose service users might otherwise go hungry.
In Fife, more than 20,000 meals have been donated and Tesco is to extend Community Food Connection to its Express store at Station Road in Cardenden, extending the number of charities reached and the number of meals for people in need.
Tesco's Karen Docherty said: "At Tesco we have no time for waste.
"We’re so proud to already support local charities and community groups through Community Food Connection from our larger stores in Fife and to be able to extend that support to our convenience stores is fantastic."
Charities and community groups can register online at fareshare.org.uk/fareshare-foodcloud.
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