Tesco customers in Lanarkshire buying fruit and veg can help kids living in poverty

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Tesco customers buying fruit or vegetables in their local stores in North Lanarkshire or online will be helping to support thousands of children living in food insecurity.From today (Monday) until Sunday, April 3, Tesco will give a donation when customers top up their trollies with healthy fruit and vegetables in store or online at Tesco.com during the supermarket’s Buy One to Help a Child event.The cash donated by Tesco from sales of all types of fruit and vegetables will enable its food redistribution charity partner FareShare to help thousands of children’s charities across the UK who rely on regular donations to help families and young people in communities get the food and help they need.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 Last summer, the Tesco Buy One to Help a Child event saw customers fully supporting the campaign by buying armfuls of avocados and apples and bags of broccoli and bananas, amongst many other family favourites, every time they shopped.FareShare received the equivalent of more than three million meals’ worth of food, which has been redistributed to frontline charities and community groups working with children - handing out food parcels to families, sending snacks to holiday clubs and breakfast clubs and giving ingredients to community kitchens.In North Lanarkshire, the