Food for thought: FoodCloud volunteer delivers surplus supermarket food to Cork charity

As a million tonnes of food is dumped here each year, FoodCloud collects surplus food from businesses and distributes it to local charities, writes Donal O’Keeffe.

It’s a cold morning and steam billows from a vent in the loading bay at the back of Midleton’s Aldi supermarket.

I’m spending a few hours with FoodCloud volunteer Deirdre McGranaghan as she collects surplus food from Aldi stores and delivers it to a Cork charity.