Yahoo News Lidl is donating fresh fruit and veg to NHS staff across the country
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Lidl has announced it will be donating thousands of fresh fruit and vegetable bags to NHS staff across the UK, to help provide frontline health workers with fresh produce.
The initiative comes through the retailer's partnership with Royal Voluntary Service and the bags will be distributed directly to NHS staff at hospital sites, getting fresh fruit and vegetables into the hands of frontline health workers.
“We are so grateful to the NHS and all of its staff for their hard work every day to help keep the nation safe. This is our small gesture to say thank you, and help provide NHS staff, who may not be able to get into store regularly for basic groceries, with fresh fruit and vegetables,” Christian Härtnagel, CEO at Lidl GB said.
“We hope that through working with Royal Voluntary service to donate these bags to hospitals, we can help make a difference to their daily life.”
The news follows Lidl’s recent announcement that it will be rolling out its customer food donation boxes in stores nationwide, as part of its Feed it Back scheme, and donating £100,000 to its partnership with Neighbourly, to help vulnerable people and children.
Sam Ward, Director of Services at Royal Voluntary Service added: “It’s our mission to give support to those who need it in the community and in hospitals and we commend the country’s brilliant NHS staff in all the important work they are doing during this challenging situation.”
Lidl has also installed cough and sneeze proof checkout protection screens across all its stores as part of it’s social distancing measures.
Check out our supermarket social distancing guide here for safe grocery shopping during lockdown.
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