Food Bank Donation Points at Booths

All year round you can find food bank donation points in Booths stores.

In a scheme pioneered by our very own Colin Porter, we’re partnered with an assortment of local charities from donation hubs, who distribute donations to where they’re needed, to kitchens who can make use of our surplus food. A selection of our partners even work from within the stores themselves, in space reserved for them in our warehouses. Colin says:

Supporting anybody who is in need is core to the Booths values and we want to help more people and families who are going through challenging times. Homelessness, financial issues or just circumstances that have fallen upon you can make the basics in life a challenge and I am personally delighted and proud to say; we are going to help make a difference to local people and families throughout the coming year.

List of stores and their food bank partners:

1. Barrowford – Grassroots
2. Burscough – Grove Community Association
3. Carnforth – Lancaster and District Homeless Action Service (LDHAS)
4. Garstang – LDHAS
5. Kirkby – LDHAS
6. Milnthorpe – LDHAS
7. Scotforth – LDHAS
8. Hale Barns – Bread & Butter
9. St Annes – Blackpool Food Bank
10. Poulton – Blackpool Food Bank
11. Longridge – Ribble Valley
12. Clitheroe – Ribble Valley
13. Lytham – Fylde Foodbank
14. Ulverston – Ulverston Foodbank
15. Media City – Cornerstone /Bread & Butter / Food Cycle
16. Kendal – Kings Food Bank
17. Settle – Skipton Food Bank
18. Knutsford – Mid Cheshire Food Bank
19. Ilkley – CTI Ilkley
20. Penwortham – CTI Penwortham
21. Fulwood – Fairshare Preston
22. Hesketh – Fairshare Preston
23. Longton – Fairshare Preston
24. Chorley – Help the Homeless
25. Penrith – Salvation Army
26. Windermere – Windermere Food Bank
27. Ripon – Salvation Army
28. Keswick – North Lakes Foodbank

Suggested list of staple items to donate:

Please note, no items containing alcohol should be donated

Tins (ring pulls where possible please)
Carrots
Peas
Sweetcorn
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Spaghetti
Ravioli
Spam
Corned Beef
Stewed Steak
Ham
Tuna
Minced Beef
Hot Dog Sausages
Soup
Sardines
Mackerel
Pies
Fruit
Sponge Pudding
Custard
Rice Pudding

Packets
Cup-a-Soups
Cous Cous
Biscuits
Crackers
Instant Noodles
Instant Pasta
Cereal Bars
Pasta Mug Shots
Cereal
Rice
Sugar

Baby Products
Jars of Baby Food
Baby / Infant Milk
Nappies
Wipes

Drinks
Cartons of Juice (long life)
Tea
Coffee
UHT Milk
Cordial / Squash

Non Food Items
Soap
Shampoo
Toothpaste
Tooth Brushes
Deodorant
Ladies Sanitary Items

A huge thank you to all who donated over the Christmas period 2017 to our Christmas In Your Community appeal with partners Smooth Radio North West. Our Colin has recorded a personal note of thanks for you: