Supermarket customers in Wishaw gave a little extra help by donating thousands of meals

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Generous shoppers at Tesco in Wishaw donated the equivalent of more than 14,000 meals to help those in need this year.Despite a year which has seen the UK in the grip of the cost-of-living crisis, Tesco shoppers have been more generous than ever, supporting foodbanks and local charities with donations to the supermarket’s food collection up 53 per cent on last year across the UK.Customers donated more than 2.4 million meals during the recent Tesco Food Collection at the beginning of December, with 2,497 of those meals donated coming from shoppers in Wishaw at the stores in Belhaven Road and in Coltness.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The total amount of food donated by Tesco shoppers to the Trussell Trust and FareShare during the year was equivalent of 12.5 million meals, 14,395 of which came from Wishaw.The donations to the Trussell Trust help food banks to provide emergency food parcels to people in crisis, while donations to FareShare support thousands of frontline local charities in communities across the country.

The supermarket giant has also topped up all customer donations during the collection by 20 per cent in cash, to support the two charities with their operating costs and ensure the food can get to where it is needed.In addition to the donations of food, the pre-Christmas Tesco Food