Generous shoppers at Slough's Tesco stores have donated more than 800 meals to people most in need during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tesco topped up customer's donations by 20 per cent.

The company’s Head of Community Claire De Silva said: “With most of the UK in lockdown holding the collection was always going to be a challenge, but once again we have been amazed by the generosity of our Slough customers – and the fact that we have now collected more than a million meals nationally is amazing.

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“We know that every single can, jar or packet donated is helping someone who needs support this winter. We are immensely proud of the vital support our customers and colleagues have been able to give to the Trussell Trust and FareShare charities in these very challenging times.”

FareShare CEO Lindsay Boswell said: “This year has been so difficult for so many people and FareShare has seen demand for our food skyrocket.

"We continue to provide over two million meals per week to vulnerable communities across the UK, and 90per cent of the organisations we work with expect demand to remain the same as at peak crisis levels, or even increase through the winter.

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“We are immensely grateful to every single person in Slough who donated food during this year’s Tesco Food Collection.”

Food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network are expected to provide a food parcel every nine seconds this winter, while FareShare is supplying more than double the food that it did before the pandemic to 11,000 frontline charities and community groups feeding people across the UK.

Shoppers can still show their support for the two charities by donating Tesco Clubcard vouchers or money. More details are available at https://www.tesco.com/zones/supporting-charities-and-communities