The non-for-profit initiative sources ingredients that would otherwise go to waste, cooks them into meals and customers paying what they believe the meal was worth, with the aim to reduce food waste, campaign to make good food more accessible and support the city’s most vulnerable.
Paul Neville CHR’s managing director, said: “What we do need now is help from the wider industry in sourcing equipment suitable for the mobile kitchen and its worthy cause.
“It may be an old sink, an odd bench kicking around in the warehouse, an ex-demo dishwasher that is just sitting there, a set of taps, a rack, a freezer, or a refrigerator! No matter how small you think your contribution would be it clearly would be significant for the project at Real Junk Food Manchester.”
CHR has called on the Catering Equipment Distributors Association (CEDA) to help spread awareness of the project’s need for equipment.
Adam Mason, CEDA director general, said: “We urge our members and supplier partners to think how they can help and support the Real Junk Food Project Manchester with a successful launch and its ongoing service to local communities.”