The Bread and Butter Thing

The Bread and Butter Thing runs mobile affordable food clubs, supporting people in low income communities to feed themselves and their families well. Every week we offer our members access to fruit and veg, cupboard staples and fridge favourites at deeply discounted prices. But that is just the start.

Our mission is to unleash the power of food and ignite long-lasting change in struggling neighbourhoods across the UK. We build bridges out of food deserts, bringing nutritious, affordable food to the centre of the UK’s most deprived communities and nourish them. We change lives. And we give voice to the people who use us – our members. We are the everyday – the bread and butter - baked into the heart of our communities.

What We Do

It starts with food.

Because when you’re struggling to make ends meet, knowing where your family’s next meal is coming from is paramount.

Our mobile food club gives access to nutritious and affordable food taken into the heart of communities starved of money, food and resources. This low cost weekly shop provides essential produce for family eating – fresh fruit and veg, chilled goods and cupboard staples.

But that is just the beginning.

Every week, we improve diets with a diverse variety of healthy produce and products.

Every week, our communities gather to manage the distribution of food, building friendships, skills and connections.

Every week, we diminish loneliness and reduce the stress of stretched finances.

Every week, we bring in external partners to offer bespoke and tailored support.

Every week, we listen and we learn, building understanding of the issues facing our members and give voice to their stories, amplifying them and affecting change at a local and national level.

Every week, we change lives.

Our Vision

Our mission is to unleash the power of food and ignite long-lasting change in struggling neighbourhoods across the UK.

We build bridges out of food deserts, bringing nutritious, affordable food to the centre of the UK’s most deprived communities and nourish them. We change lives. And we give voice to the people who use us – our members.

We are the everyday – the bread and butter - baked into the heart of our communities.

The Bread and Butter Thing

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