The research comes as the retailer prepares to launch the biggest ever food collection appeal in the UK, with the help of food charity FareShare and Foodbanks charity the Trussell Trust.
Help Feed People In Need will take place in more than 800 Tesco stores across the country to help provide much needed food for hundreds of thousands of people this Christmas.
The research found that in total, around 10% of people have suffered from some form of food poverty in the last 12 months, with 7% of people skipping meals and eight per cent relying on friends or family to provide food.
Philip Clarke, chief executive of Tesco said: “Tesco feeds more families in the UK than any other supermarket, and we work hard to make sure people can eat well even if they don’t have a lot of money. This Christmas, we want to use our scale and our links with communities across the country to help tackle this growing problem.
“We recently held some local food collections and were overwhelmed by the support from our customers, who have shown incredible generosity. I hope they’ll support the biggest ever food collection in the UK and help us to feed hundreds of thousands of people in need.”
The research shows that:
Source: Tesco
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