The obscenity of the greed of those who control our food, manipulate our health and place our primary food producers in unviable contracts
Tesco has said price pressures on grocers have eased as it reported bumper sales and profits for the past year.
The UK’s biggest supermarket chain said pre-tax profits hit £2.3bn, up from £882m, while sales rose by 4.4% to £68.2bn in the year to 24 February.
last autumn : “The Trussell Trust forecasts that more than 600,000 people will need the support of its food banks over a three-month period.
Food banks across the Trussell Trust network are expecting to provide more than one million emergency food parcels between December 2023 and February 2024 – the most parcels ever provided across this period. This equates to an average of one food parcel every eight seconds (11,500 a day) and 7,000 people seeking support each day.
https://www.trusselltrust.org/2023/10/18/food-banks-bracing-for-the-worst-winter-yet/
How many food banks are there in the UK?
There are just under 1,400 Trussell Trust food banks in the UK, in addition to at least 1,172 independent food banks (likely more now : suggested that its 3000 across UK Spring 2024 )
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8585/
