Balloon Festival

Come to the Northampton Balloon Festival 18-20th August to find out how we ‘rescue’ surplus good food and find creative ways to share it – and perhaps even become part of our team. Wasted food is a huge challenge for the planet, so we work to promote a sustainable system and raise awareness of the…

Hygiene Rating 5

We are delighted to have a level 5 category on our food hygiene awarded by the Environmental Health Department. It is thanks to the hard work and training of staff and volunteers. However, we must all be vigilant and there are some tips for customers we always share in the shop: Best Before dates are…

Award Finalists

We are delighted to be finalists in the Weetabix Sustainability Award !  The organisers say, “Rewarding businesses for taking action to help build a more sustainable, greener and better future, must be celebrated. The Weetabix Sustainability Awards exhibit how our society can, with good leadership, move through post pandemic recovery into a new and more…

Grants

We wish to thank Northamptonshire Community Foundation, Local Giving, Neighbourly, Waitrose, Fareshare and Happy to Help C IC for their financial support for their continued, and vital, support of our food aid project ‘Bags of Good’ during the Covid-19 crisis and since and in setting up Shop Zero’s new hub. Their grants have allowed our…

bags of good

Volunteer Appeal

Foodkind CIC couldn’t run without our wonderful teams of volunteers, who were recognised in the Local Food Hero Awards 2022. Our projects are run by people with diverse backgrounds and life experience. As well as wanting to save good food from going to waste, it can be a great way to get work experience -…