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The Red Cross is to start collecting food for families in the UK who are struggling to feed themselves.
The charity said the campaign was a first step in considering whether it should be doing more to tackle the current "food poverty challenge".
British Red Cross will send volunteers to supermarkets to ask shoppers to donate food which will be given to food banks through the charity Fareshare.
It said there was strong evidence of families in need through food poverty.
Juliet Mountford, head of UK service development for the Red Cross, said: "For British Red Cross it's a toe in the water."
According to figures from the Trussell Trust food bank network, about 500,000 people in Britain needed support from food banks last year.
Food waste
A report last month found that up to two fifths of a crop of fruit or vegetables can be discarded because it does not meet certain standards such as size or shape.
The study suggested that the average household throws away more than 5kg (11lb) of food a week, nearly two thirds of which is avoidable.
The report was commissioned by the UK's global food security programme.
Labour said the Red Cross action was a wake-up call to the government over the cost of living crisis.
But a spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions said it was supporting vulnerable groups through measures such as the winter fuel allowance and cold weather payments.
The spokesman said there was no "robust evidence" that welfare reforms were linked to the increased use of food banks.
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