A SUPERMARKET is appealing for charities to take food off its hands.

Colleagues at the Sainsbury’s store in Ellesmere Port are urging local charities to contact them if they are interested in receiving food donations.

Mike Paterson, store manager, said: “Donating our surplus food is a great way of supporting local charities and also reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill. Often at the end of each day there is perfectly good food left over that has reached its display-by date, but is still within the use-by date.”

He added: “We would urge any charitable group interested in receiving food donations to get in touch.”