Morrions supermarkets increases number of items people can buy and seeks to help food banks
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Morrisons supermarket in Inverness is joining other branches across the country in vowing to help re-stock food banks by lifting strict limits on some food items.
A spokeswoman said: "Morrisons is to help restock the nation’s food banks during the coronavirus outbreak by producing extra food from its food-making sites and distributing more food from its stores.
"Morrisons is the UK’s largest fresh food maker and will be running its bakery, egg and fruit and veg packing site for an extra hour every day to make, prepare and pack food required to restock the food banks.
"Morrisons will also be sending deliveries of ambient food – such as canned goods and pasta – to its stores to also give to their local food bank. All together, £10 million of food will be distributed to food banks by Morrisons community champions – in-store colleagues who work with the local community.
"Typical items being donated include bread, eggs, orange juice and bags of pasta."
She continued: "In addition, to make it easier for customers to donate to food banks, purchase limits on items will be raised to four items, from three, and some removed altogether.
"Morrisons will create local drop-off points for customers to donate products to those in need.
"Donation hubs in Morrisons' recently re-purposed in-store cafés will collect these additional products for their local food banks."
Morrisons chief executive David Potts said: “As a food maker and shopkeeper we are uniquely placed to help. We know food banks are finding life very difficult and running our manufacturing sites for an extra hour each day to help restock them is the right decision at this time.
“The core purpose of all 96,537 colleagues at Morrisons is to play our full part in feeding the nation.”
