Aldi has announced it is rolling out a brand new feature in stores nationwide to help support those in need.
From October community donation points will be available in all UK branches.
The donation boxes will be located near the packing benches in stores for customers who wish to donate any food or household products, regardless of where they were purchased, to local good causes.
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All donations will be distributed to local charities, foodbanks, and community groups that are part of the surplus food donation scheme on selected days via community giving platform Neighbourly, Aldi has said.
The new initiative follows Aldi's commitment to donate 10m meals across the country in 2021 with the supermarket already working with Neighbourly to donate surplus food from stores each day.
Recently Aldi donated more than a million meals to charities, community groups, and foodbanks over the school summer holidays.
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Aldi's UK managing director of corporate responsibility Mary Dunn said: "This year we are committed to donating more meals to those in need than ever before and we know that our customers want to help too.
"This is why we are working with Neighbourly to extend our current donations scheme, making it easy for customers to donate food and essential supplies to those in need year-round."
The supermarket has also released a list of the items that are most needed to help guide customers.
Top 25 most in-demand items
Coffee
Cereal
Fruit juice
Tinned meat
Pasta/cooking sauce
Tea
Tinned fruit
UHT milk
Tinned tomatoes
Tinned vegetables
Rice
Pasta
Biscuits
Tinned desserts
Soup
Lentils, beans, pulses
Baby food
Toilet paper
Toiletries
Laundry powders/detergents
Cleaning products
Feminine/sanitary items
Dishwashing liquid/tablets
Nappies and baby wipes
Pet food
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