Subway can scheme helps Salvation Army to help others

The total equates to an estimated three tonnes of food.

The cans were collected at Subway shops on May 19, in which customers could swap two cans of food for a six-inch sub, or four cans for a Footlong. More than 130 Subway branches took part in the charitable campaign, hailed as a first in the UK.

Cans will be used to support families and older people on low incomes with food parcels, people sleeping rough and those without a home and supplying Salvation Army training kitchens and self-catering units in accommodation and support centres for homeless people and families.

Murray Speirs, development agent for Subway, said: “We had a fantastic response from customers across the region and we would like to thank everyone who donated their cans and got a free Sub.

“Subway stores are all run by local franchisees and it is their efforts that have made the campaign such a success.

“The Salvation Army does so much good work in the local community and we are proud to have been able to support them in this way.”

Major Ray Irving, Director of Social Services at The Salvation Army, said: “The generosity from local Subway stores and from the hundreds of people who donated cans, will enable The Salvation Army to give practical and emotional support to people who struggle to provide the basics for the table. The initiative had a fantastic response and the amount of cans collected was astonishing.”