On Mon 3 May at 12:31pm Nick wrote:
Couldn’t buy baked beans for love or money yesterday.
Only joking, but when the Saturday food bank collection amasses the following, it must put extra strain on the supermarket’s ordering system.........943 tins vegetables, 628 tins meat, 601 tins baked beans, 546 packs cereal, 388 tins fish, 294 packs pasta, 284 tins fish, 257 packets rice, 237 jars pasta sauce, 237 boxes teabags, 201 packs microwave rice, 196 tins spaghetti, 175 cartons longlife milk, 166 packs savoury snacks, 164 jars marmalade, 145 packs of children’s fruit juices,140 packets biscuits,136 jars instant coffee, 114 packs crisps, 113 packs of childrens snacks, 105 tins soup,91 packs stuffing mix, 91 items of dog food, 90 packets healthy snack bars, 81 jars curry sauce, 77 tins ravioli 74 packets gravy powder, 65 jars hot chocolate ,64 items of cat food,56 jars jam, 41 tins macaroni cheese, 41 packs cake baking mix, 29 jars honey, 17 tinned puddings, 11 packs noodles , 11 items toiletries , 4 bottles squash, 3 cakes, 3 jars fresh coffee, 3 tubes toothpaste 2 packs jelly 2 jars peanut butter,, 1 jar marmite, 1 bottle olive oil, 1 packet sugar, 1 pack stock cubes, 1 packet soap, 1 pack toilet rolls, 1 pack laundry washing tablets and 1 packet couscous (from Waitrose, obviously)