Food or heat? Food Banks in Belgium fear social drama
An average of 177,238 people in need appealed to the Belgian Food Banks each month in 2021 through more than 650 local associations. The high demand has thus been maintained compared to 2020, and has even increased, mainly in the second half of the year. In total, 22,229 tonnes of food were distributed in 2021, […]
First meeting of the FEBA EU Working Group in 2022
On 8 February 2022, 19 Food Bank representatives from 15 EU Member States gathered online for the first meeting of the FEBA EU Working Group (EU WG) in 2022. The first item on the agenda was a recap of the group’s activities and contributions during the previous year. Besides organising 9 online meetings with more […]
Eurostat – 8.6% of people in the EU unable to afford proper meal
In 2020, 8.6% of the EU population and more than one in five people at risk of poverty (21.7%) were unable to afford a meal with meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent every second day. Furthermore, 3.3% of the EU population and one in ten people at risk of poverty (9.7%) were unable to afford […]
Nearly expired Lidl products raise over €300,000 for Belgian Food
Lidl responded to the high demand for help from Belgian Food Banks by donating the profits from its Good Taste, Zero Waste project for a total amount of 302,673 euros to Fédération Belge des Banques Alimentaires / Belgische Federatie van Voedselbanken. The donation is timely as Food Banks are seeing an increase in the number of […]
