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Company Shop Group@Company_Shop
29 Nov 2024
We've decided to take a break from X so we won’t be posting any news on this page. You can still follow us on LinkedIn (bit.ly/3VgqaB3) and via our website (bit.ly/3B1rAsk).
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Thank you to @KimJohnsonMP for attending our social enterprise @CommunityShops launch of our new pioneering whitepaper. It was a privilege to share our decade of experience and recommendations as to how to end the UK's reliance on food banks.
Kim Johnson
@KimJohnsonMP
24 Oct 2024
Delighted to join Gary & Julia for the launch of @CommunityShops' new Food & Beveridge Report. It offers vital recommendations to tackle poverty and food waste across the UK. We must adopt a person-centred approach to end food insecurity and reduce reliance on emergency parcels.
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Yesterday @CommunityShops launched its whitepaper at the House of Commons. The report sets out clear recommendations to: • Tackle food waste • Support hungry people • Stop missed potential Find out more and download your copy here: companyshopgroup.co.uk/wp-co…
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📣Today @CommunityShops launches its whitepaper setting out a vision for the future of food aid in the UK. We're calling on Government to end reliance on emergency food parcels & tackle food insecurity at its root. Get your copy here: zurl.co/TY9P
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We see surplus not as a problem, but as an opportunity 💡. When you share your surplus problem with us, we can solve it ✅ and create positive impact for people 👨👨👦👦, planet 🌍 and our stock partners 🤝. Find out more 👉 zurl.co/uTH9 #ProblemSharedProblemSolved
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Meet Michelle who was finding it hard to make ends meet so she joined @CommunityShops where she now saves money 💰 on her shopping, and can buy quality, healthy food 🥦 for her children. Here’s a snippet of her story 👇 #TheSurplusEffect #Community #Food
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Nearly two thirds of surplus we handle needs some intervention before it's redistributed. We're committed to creating a world where no surplus products go to waste, so whatever your surplus, and whatever the challenge, get in touch zurl.co/yPeF #thesurpluseffect
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Meet Hollie 👩 , one of our amazing Community Wellbeing Practitioners. We have wellbeing practitioners in all of our @CommunityShops helping and supporting our members with learning and development programmes. Find out more 👉 zurl.co/WuLB #thesurpluseffect
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We were delighted to attend @DefraGovUK's Summer Stakeholder Reception and hear @SteveReedMP's five priorities for the Dept., inc. strengthening Britain’s food security. We’re committed to supporting industry and government, by helping reduce food waste through redistribution.
Defra UK
@DefraGovUK
1 Aug 2024
Thank you to the 200 representatives from the environment, animal welfare, water, food and rural sectors who joined us yesterday as @SteveReedMP set out our plans. Together we can nurture our countryside, restore nature, and build our rural economies.
Secretary of state talking to singer, Will Young, by a greenhouse.

ALT Secretary of state talking to singer, Will Young, by a greenhouse.

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ALT Group of people talking at an event

Secretary of State in conversation with British Retail Consortium CEO.

ALT Secretary of State in conversation with British Retail Consortium CEO.

Secretary of State on stage doing a speech to a group of stakeholders

ALT Secretary of State on stage doing a speech to a group of stakeholders
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Nothing brings people 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 together like food 🌮, and that’s why we’ve loved hosting Food Festivals at @CommunityShops over the summer. The events were part of Community Shop’s 10th Anniversary celebrations 🎉 and demonstrate the power food has to bring people together.
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Meet Stuart🧑, an amazing @CommunityShops member who shares his story about mental health. Suffering from poor mental health, he joined Community Shop where our Impact Leads helped him find ways to support positive mental health. Here's Stuart's story: zurl.co/VDVq
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.@CommunityShops Hoyland is now open! It's our 13th store, providing access to deeply discounted food and household products, and life-changing development programmes. Thanks to @CocaColaEP & @BarnsleyCouncil for their funding to help open our latest store.
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This week, @CommunityShops is hosting some sizzling ☀Summer Food Festivals bringing together partners and members for a feast of fun and flavour. The food has been inspired by our members and created by our chefs 👩‍🍳 which, as you’d expect, is all cooked from surplus!
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📣We're delighted to announce that we're opening a new @CommunityShops this summer. The store in Hoyland (Barnsley) is opening thanks to the support of @BarnsleyCouncil & will provide access to deeply discounted food, life-changing development programmes and a Community Kitchen.
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📣 ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 We're absolutely delighted to be shortlisted for @TheGrocer Gold Awards for Grocer of the Year 🏆. We're not your average grocer🏪but we're proud to support the FMCG industry to reduce waste & help our members buy quality surplus products at great prices.
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At @CommunityShops we provide a hand up not just a hand out. In the last 10 years we’ve helped over 61,000 members with dignified access to affordable, healthy food 🍏 whilst also stopping food waste ✋ Find out more👉zurl.co/qw4J #stopfoodwasteday
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Thanks to the Environment Minister, @RobbieMoore by commending the work of Company Shop Group earlier this week. We're looking forward to continuing to work in close collaboration with @DefraGovUK as we expand the impact and reach of our sustainable redistribution solutions.
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.@CommunityShops Chairman, Gary Stott, joined @kevinhollinrake MP, Minister for Enterprise, Markets & Small Business, and others on an @ukonward panel, to discuss the vital role of social enterprises in building a more resilient society. You can watch the session below 👇
Onward
@ukonward
16 Apr 2024
🚨Starting soon🚨 What role can social enterprises play in building a more resilient economy?📈 📹Watch today’s discussion with Small Business Minister @kevinhollinrake over on our YouTube channel:youtube.com/watch?v=8uAkMAEx…
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There's never been a more critical time for surplus redistribution to be discussed in Parliament. Thanks to @jogideon for shining a light on the associated social, financial and environment opportunities, whilst praising our work to stop good food needlessly going to waste. 👏
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Extremely grateful for the ongoing support of @SharonHodgsonMP who yesterday shared first-hand with MPs the impact of our unique redistribution model in supporting communities and the planet🌎Watch here to see the benefits our Washington store generated last year alone 👇
Sharon Hodgson
@SharonHodgsonMP
16 Apr 2024
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