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Social eating: inside the supermarket surplus initiatives that could change the way we eat
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2546" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/social-eating-inside-the-supermarket-surplus-initiatives-that-could-change-the-way-we-eat-142613" target="_blank"><strong>Social eating: inside the supermarket surplus initiatives that could change the way we eat - The Conversation</strong></a></p><p> </p><p>Eating together is an important way of <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40750-017-0061-4" target="_blank">fostering social connections</a>. In recent years, we have been researching, and working with, the social eating movement: community-based food projects that use surplus food from supermarkets to create affordable meal services and provide spaces in which to eat them.</p><p></p><p>In locations like <a href="https://www.socialeatingnetwork.org/" target="_blank">Nottingham</a> and <a href="https://www.foodhallproject.org/" target="_blank">Sheffield</a>, social eating initiatives have emerged to counter isolation and food insecurity and are used by a variety of customers from students to families and elders who pay between £2 and £3.50 for a two or three-course meal.</p><p></p><p>However, the coronavirus lockdown has had a significant impact, restricting people’s ability to meet in groups. Individuals have reported that their experiences of <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/coronavirus/coping-with-loneliness" target="_blank">loneliness and social isolation</a> have been exacerbated by the lockdown.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2546, member: 1"] [URL='https://theconversation.com/social-eating-inside-the-supermarket-surplus-initiatives-that-could-change-the-way-we-eat-142613'][B]Social eating: inside the supermarket surplus initiatives that could change the way we eat - The Conversation[/B][/URL] Eating together is an important way of [URL='https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40750-017-0061-4']fostering social connections[/URL]. In recent years, we have been researching, and working with, the social eating movement: community-based food projects that use surplus food from supermarkets to create affordable meal services and provide spaces in which to eat them. In locations like [URL='https://www.socialeatingnetwork.org/']Nottingham[/URL] and [URL='https://www.foodhallproject.org/']Sheffield[/URL], social eating initiatives have emerged to counter isolation and food insecurity and are used by a variety of customers from students to families and elders who pay between £2 and £3.50 for a two or three-course meal. However, the coronavirus lockdown has had a significant impact, restricting people’s ability to meet in groups. Individuals have reported that their experiences of [URL='https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/coronavirus/coping-with-loneliness']loneliness and social isolation[/URL] have been exacerbated by the lockdown. [/QUOTE]
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