The Bread and Butter Thing
The Bread and Butter Thing support thousands of families each week in over 140 community locations using high quality surplus food that otherwise would go to waste. 79% of members say they now eat more fruit and veg.
For £8.50 we offer roughly £35 worth of food each week including fresh fruit and veg, chilled food for the fridge and cupboard staples. We get our supplies from the stuff that you hear about in the news going to waste: it comes from supermarkets, factories and farms.
The food changes daily meaning your bags will change from week to week. Most members tell us that they collect food from TBBT and then ‘top up’ from the supermarket once they have seen what we provide. As the bags vary from day to day, some weeks the savings will be greater than others. However you will always be paying much less thank in the shops and have new foods to try.
Very occasionally, if food supplies that day are low, we will not have enough for the 3 bags. In this case, we will lower the price. We want you to feel that we are making a difference to your weekly food bills.
There are 6 community locations operating in Sunderland, Washington and Easington Lane.
Explore the local community locations and find out how to sign up below:
The Bread and Butter Thing relies heavily on volunteer help, you can also get involved in this way too!