Aberdeen Tesco shoppers urged to grab a bag to help foodbanks
Tesco shoppers can now buy food donation parcels to donate to families in need across Aberdeen
The Press and Journal and Evening Express is working to shine a light on the tireless work groups, charities and volunteers are doing to keep the most vulnerable fed.
The Big Food Appeal aims to signpost people to the help available near them and debunk the myths around food poverty.
We want to break down barriers and do our bit to prevent people going hungry.
If you know of a foodbank, group or charity that we should be highlighting as part of The Big Food Appeal, please email livenews@ajl.co.uk
Tesco shoppers can now buy food donation parcels to donate to families in need across Aberdeen
The family-owned ingredients manufacturer, Macphie, has donated 14 tonnes of food to 529 charities from April last year.Â
Laila found herself trapped in food poverty after the price of formula milk for her child soared. We find out just what life is like when you're trying to provide for your children on a low income amid seemingly endless price rises.
Some items are up, some have stayed the same. We break down where the increases are and when prices could come back down.
People are having to pay more to make healthy food choices.
Aberdeen charity workers said many foodbanks have been left paying higher prices at a time when there has never been more need.
We need more cost-of-living-crisis support for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our society, writes Aberdeen Cyrenians' head of services.
If you have access to a car in Aberdeen, there are perhaps 10 foodbanks within reach every day.
Every year, foodbanks up and down the country are inundated with donations in the lead-up to Christmas.