Tesco Food Collection

26–28 November 2026

Support the Tesco Food Collection to help people on the lowest incomes this winter.

Tesco staff member and food bank volunteer collect food donations

For people facing hunger, winter can be the hardest time of year. As temperatures fall and costs rise, pressure mounts and more people are pushed to breaking point. With nowhere else to turn, food banks are there. Tesco Winter Food Collection is crucial in enabling food banks in the Trussell community to provide emergency food and support to people facing hunger and hardship.

Play your part and help your local community – donate food, volunteer your time, or make a financial gift to Trussell during the Tesco Food Collection.

Donate money

Donate food

To make a donation, head to your local Tesco store during the collection dates, pick up an item or two from the list of your local food bank’s most needed items as part of your shop, and hand them to the volunteers or pop them in the collection point.

The items you generously donate during the Tesco Food Collection will help form emergency food parcels to support people facing hunger and hardship in your local community.

Volunteer

Volunteers are an integral part of the Tesco Food Collection, so if you have a couple of hours to spare, please consider volunteering in store with your local food bank.

Get involved

To support the Tesco Food Collection, food banks across the Trussell community are asking people to get involved.

Whether its greeting customers with shopping lists of most needed items or accepting donations, by sparing only a couple of hours you'll be playing a vital role in supporting people facing hunger and hardship in your community.

The Tesco collection day is really special. You get hit by a wave of generosity and humanity throughout the day.

Bruce Gardiner–Crehan at South Belfast Foodbank

Find your nearest food bank

If you would like to volunteer, please return to this site on 12 October 2026 where you'll find instructions on how you can volunteer.

Wider support

Trussell has been in partnership with Tesco since 2012, and the partnership is the single biggest source of donated food in the Trussell community. Tesco generously makes a financial donation of £1.25m per year to Trussell. Find out more about our partnership.

Plus, for the fourth year in a row, Tesco Mobile is proud to support Trussell through Byte for a Bite, helping donations made during the Tesco Food Collection go even further. As part of their pledge, they'll be providing free data to help digitally connect people facing hardship too. So far in 2026, Tesco Mobile has donated over 100,000 free SIMs to Trussell food banks. Find out more about our partnership.