Food Stories Podcast - Episode One ; Our Food Story

Food Stories Podcast Episode 1 : Our Food Story

Welcome to the first episode of Food Stories, a podcast from FareShare Greater Manchester. In this episode we want to share our food story. Learn more about who we are and what we do.

Last year, FareShare Greater Manchester rescued almost 2,000 tonnes of good-to-eat surplus food from going to waste. That food was redistributed to more than 300 charities and community groups across Greater Manchester. In real terms, this equated to 4.6 million meals. We would not be able to do the work we do without our fantastic volunteers. Last year, they donated over 21,000 hours of their time to our operation.

In this episode we share a bit about what we do at our warehouse on New Smithfield Market. We also give some insight into how we get that much needed food out into the community.

You can listen to our podcast here on our website as well as on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast platforms too.

 

food redistribution charity

FareShare is the only charity to take food from the wholesale level of the food industry

The vast majority of surplus occurs before food even gets to the supermarket. Each FareShare regional centre takes that food and redistributes to those in need. FareShare Go is our supermarket collection service, which deals with supermarket-level surplus.