Acronyms that contain the term fareshare 

FareShare

FareShare is a charity aimed at relieving food poverty and reducing food waste in the UK. It does this by rescuing good quality surplus food that would otherwise have gone to waste and sending it to almost 11,000 charity and community groups across the United Kingdom.FareShare only redistributes food inside its best before and use by date; in 2018/19 they rescued nearly 20,000 tonnes of food which would have otherwise gone to waste or landfill. FareShare works with all sectors of the supply chain; producers, manufacturers and retailers. All of the major UK food retailers have encouraged their suppliers to work with FareShare to minimise food waste. FareShare has also run successful food drives with both Sainsbury's and Tesco. In February 2018, the charity announced a three year £20 million partnership with ASDA and The Trussell Trust with the aim of helping more than one million people out of food poverty over the next three years.FareShare redistributed food equivalent more than 46 million meals in 2018/9, which equates to feeding over 934,000 people a week. The food FareShare supplies enables the charity sector to avoid £33 million in like for like food costs per year. This food is delivered to a broad range of frontline charities and community groups across the UK including homeless shelters, day centres, women’s refuge centres and children's breakfast clubs.

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