Aldi's Oxfordshire shops give 16k meals to families in need

Aldi donates surplus food through community giving platform Neighbourly (Image: Aldi)

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Aldi stores in Oxfordshire donated 16,600 meals to families in need during the school summer holidays.

All of the supermarket's shops in the county helped local charities and food banks during the period of increased demand by redistributing surplus food through community giving platform Neighbourly.

Aldi has worked with Neighbourly since 2019 and has already donated more than 8.8 million meals nationwide so far this year.

Luke Emery, national sustainability director at Aldi UK, said: "We are p