Towcester Community Larder is making the food available at pop-up events in Towcester and Roade.
Several tonnes of spare food from the British Grand Prix are being saved from the bin and given to local people.
A total of 12 tonnes of surplus items was collected during last year's mission and 650 people attended events to collect it. Katie Steele from Towcester Community Larder said the food was taken to the larders in Towcester and Roade "where another amazing team of volunteers is waiting to sort it all out and get it out to the community."There were also more exotic items like passion fruits, melons and mohito mint.On last year's figure of 12 tonnes, Ms Steele said: "It spurs people on year on year when we know we're saving that much food from going in the bin.
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