Appeal hopes to provide 280,000 meals to help tackle food insecurity during pandemic

Four of Ireland’s leading retailers, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and EUROSPAR have come together to support ‘Food For Ireland’, a new food initiative by FoodCloud. Pictured L-R:Niall O’Connor, Managing Director, Aldi ; Ian Logan, Retail support and Distribution Director, Tesco; Eamonn Quinn, Chair of the Food Waste Retail Action Group ; Iseult Ward, FoodCloud CEO; Malachy Hanberry, Managing Director, EUROSPAR; John Paul Scally, Managing Director, Lidl. Picture: Naoise Culhane

A national food appeal is aiming to provide 280,000 meals to people most in need during the pandemic.

It will help those worst affected including the over 65s, single parents and people with mental health concerns.