The community foodbank in North Belfast was set up by Rab Maginnis at the beginning of the year after he noticed the lack of foodbanks open over the weekends.

SPAR and fonaCAB representatives recently met with the team to deliver car loads of essentials, from nappies and toilet roll, to ham, vegetables and bread.

fonaCAB also recently donated a combined hob oven to the facility, to enable even more hot meals to be made and collected.

Bronagh Luke from Henderson Group which owns SPAR NI said: “Rab is delivering an essential service for those in the local community who struggle through the weekends to put food on the table. This is a desperate time with rising living costs and we’re committed to helping as much as we can in our local communities.”

Rab says this donation will help feed an extra 60 families this weekend, and the new oven will allow fresh home cooked meals to be made, allowing the team to bring even more for the local community.

“The support gained from local businesses has been fantastic. fonaCAB and SPAR’s donations will feed more families this weekend and beyond, and adding new utilities to our space means we can do more for even more people, and that’s what it’s all about,” he said.

For more on Rab’s Homeless Advice Group and Weekend Foodbank, visit Rab’s Facebook Page.

Caption: Anna Rogers from SPAR NI and Stephen Anton from fonaCAB (right) deliver a range of essentials to Rab Maginnis’ (centre) Weekend Foodbank in North Belfast.

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Barista Bar® Brand Manager, Keavy O’Mahony-Truesdale said the company was delighted to team up with fonaCAB in a year which has seen the taxi sector particularly hard hit:

“It’s been a tough year for so many people, but lockdown restrictions meant that taxi drivers were severely impacted, and we wanted to do something to thank them for their hard work during these challenging times”

Challenging times

“For both companies, responsible environmental business practice is top of the agenda, and it was the natural choice for Barista Bar® to select a reusable cup and to set up each driver with our double points loyalty scheme.

“It is great to see the hospitality industry back up and running and taxi drivers out on the roads, so it was an opportune moment to offer drivers a little extra to refuel themselves. Barista Bar ® is available from over 400 SPAR/EUROSPAR/VIVO/VIVOXTRA locations across Northern Ireland and our extended opening hours means drivers don’t have to travel far to pick up a hot beverage in between pick-ups and journeys.”

William McCausland, Managing Director of fonaCAB said, “We’re thrilled to partner with Henderson Foodservice as Barista Bar® coffee, its loyalty scheme and reusable cups are of the highest standard and we want the best quality for everyone who drives with us. We’re especially pleased that they’ve chosen our drivers to provide these great gifts for”

Reusable cups

“Our services primarily extend across Greater Belfast, Lisburn and down the M1 corridor to Craigavon as well as to other regions in Northern Ireland and Barista Bar® offers us a huge take-away coffee network making it easy for drivers to make use of their reusable cups and loyalty card.

“Barista Bar’s quality product offering, and the investment made by Henderson Foodservice in donating the reusable cups and branded grips providing that extra level of safety is such a generous offer for our drivers and one we couldn’t refuse. Barista Bar’s range of retail outlets is a great match for the flexible hours and places that our drivers work. I’d like to thank Keavy and the team at Barista Bar® for providing these gifts and the fantastic double points loyalty scheme for fonaCAB drivers.”

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