LAUNCESTON Tesco celebrated the third birthday of the Community Food Connection on Saturday, June 9.

Community Food Connection is a scheme, which allows local charities and community groups to benefit from surplus food from Tesco stores.

The scheme is delivered in partnership with food redistribution charity FareShare and uses the innovative FoodCloud app to let registered groups know what surplus food is available from stores at the end of the day, ensuring that good food doesn’t go to waste.

Local charities and community groups that offer food or meals to support their daily activities and want to benefit from Community Food Connection can register online at www.tesco.com/community-food-connection

Charities and community groups benefiting from the scheme in Launceston are Gateway Cafe, Launceston Pre-School, Tregadillett School, Chy Keres, Launceston Memory Café, Otterham School and St Catherine’s School.

All of the groups were invited along to celebrate and pictured are representatives from the Gateway Cafe and Launceston Memory Café along with Tesco store manager, Mike Hart and community champion, Shelley Vanstone.

Cym Downing of Launceston Memory Café said: “The food donations from Tesco are shared out to our members and are a real benefit to them. We also pass on any excess donations to memory cafes in Callington and Camelford.”

A representative from the Gateway Cafe said: “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving and we couldn’t do that without the help we have from Tesco.”