Our first 50 donations!

On Wednesday I dropped off our first 50 donated products to FareShare Greater Manchester following the first Bounceback Food event at Broughton Christmas Market. The food will be distributed between the 100+ beneficiary organisations supported by FareShare in Greater Manchester and will contribute towards the 700,000 meals per year that they help provide from surplus … More Our first 50 donations!

Small Business Saturday beats Black Friday

As the dust settles from Black Friday attention switches to a much more important retail event, Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday (UK) is a grassroots, non-political, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities. The day itself takes place on the first … More Small Business Saturday beats Black Friday

Our first logo!

Here it is, the first Bounceback Food logo! It needed to be bold – we’re taking on a huge challenge. At all our market events we have our foodbank drive: every time you buy a staple item of food, the same one (like for like!) will be donated to your nearest foodbank or community project. … More Our first logo!

Bounceback Food

Earlier this year I decided to do something about food poverty. The scale of the problem is staggering and hard to ignore: Last year alone, the number of people who rely on food banks in the UK tripled – The Trussell Trust (2013) The number of malnutrition-related hospital admissions has increased by 74% since 2009 – … More Bounceback Food