South Yorkshire's foodbanks directly impacted by supermarket supply chain issues
It's resulted in fewer donations to hunger prevention charities across our region
Foodbanks across South Yorkshire admit they're 'terrified' about how they'll cope with demand over winter-after the end of the Universal Credit uplift & the furlough scheme recently.
Supply chain issues in supermarkets has also had an impact on the number of donations being given to hunger prevention charities.
We asked Alison Wise from S6 Foodbank in Sheffield which items they're struggling to provide:
"We're obviously in the pecking order below supermarkets, so while our supporters have been amazing, we're now unable to provide some products.
"We're out of Ultra-high-temperature milk and lots of other products like tinned tomatoes, which are a staple for so many people's diets.
"Right now, we're down to two-weeks supply across a lot of our stock, whereas we normally like to keep five or six weeks ahead of schedule with our supplies, but that hasn't been possible this year.
"The cost of living has gone up, and I do worry how some of our families are going to get through this next five months. Everybody is stripped to the bone, and we're borderline terrified about what will happen over the next five months.
"The potential pool of people who're going to need support is much larger now, as more people have been dragged down compared to last winter."