Food banks plead with UK supermarkets to set aside supplies amid coronavirus fallout

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Food aid charities finding it impossible to replenish stocks ask retailer to bypass restrictions

Major UK supermarkets have been asked to set aside supplies for food banks after a tumultuous few days in which several emergency food aid charities closed and others struggled to meet rocketing demand from people hit by the fallout from coronavirus.

 

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