...Kashef Majid; Andrew Bryant Purpose This study examines the associations between retailer pricing strategies and the volume of surplus food donated to a regional food bank in the United States. This study fills a gap by analysing how firm-level pricing decisions influence food recovery efforts...

...Lara Penco; Andrea Ciacci; Clara Benevolo; Teresina Torre Purpose The study analyses the role that open social innovation (OSI) perspective played for Fondazione Banco Alimentare Onlus (FBAO), a food bank in Italy, in responding to the COVID-19 crisis. It answers the following research question...

...Maddy Power; Neil Small; Bob Doherty; Kate E. Pickett Purpose Foodbank use in the UK is rising but, despite high levels of poverty, Pakistani women are less likely to use food banks than white British women. The purpose of this paper is to understand the lived experience of food in the context...

...Professor Martin Caraher and Dr Alessio Cavicchi; Hilje van der Horst; Stefano Pascucci; Wilma Bol Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address how food, social status as well as the interactions at the food bank induce emotions in receivers, such as shame, gratitude and anger. Since early...

...) and finally, overcoming a highly complex and not necessarily co-ordinated policy framework. Originality/value – The paper provides a critical overview of the state of knowledge on food aid in the UK. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 UK Food security Food banks Food poverty...

...Professor Martin Caraher and Dr Alessio Cavicchi; Sue Booth; Jillian Whelan Purpose – Over the last 20 years, food banks in Australia have expanded nationwide and are a well-organised “industry” operating as a third tier of the emergency food relief system. The purpose of this paper...

...Professor Martin Caraher and Dr Alessio Cavicchi; Valerie Tarasuk; Naomi Dachner; Rachel Loopstra Purpose – Similar to the recent emergence of food banks in other affluent nations, the genesis and ultimate entrenchment of food banks in Canada has been tightly intertwined with the dismantling...

... firms. The purpose of this paper is to enlighten the process through which the food supply chain firms come to donate surplus food-to-food banks. Design/methodology/approach – Surplus food and recoverability were defined as the key terms of the problem. In total, 12 exploratory case studies were...

...Professor Martin Caraher and Dr Alessio Cavicchi; Rebecca Wells; Martin Caraher Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how British print media have reported the emergence of food banks in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – The research uses the news database Nexis and focuses...

...Professor Martin Caraher and Dr Alessio Cavicchi; Cristina Santini; Alessio Cavicchi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the case of the Italian Food Bank Foundation, highlighting how ongoing global and European challenges are pushing the organization to adapt and change. The paper...