In two weeks, the Paris Food Bank has collected 60 tonnes of food

The Paris and Île-de-France Food Bank takes stock of the collections in two weeks of the 2024 Olympic Games.

In two weeks, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Paris and Île-de-France Food Bank collected nearly 60 tonnes of food, France Culture learned on Monday, August 12, from the food aid network.

To limit food waste as much as possible, Paris 2024 had planned to redistribute unconsumed products from the 13 million meals and snacks served at the Olympic sites. Three associations had signed an agreement: Restos du Cœur, Chaînon Manquant and the French Federation of Food Banks.

The president of the Paris and Île-de-France Food Bank (Bapif) François Gras welcomes the success of this “good operation”, which allowed to “harvest quality products”. He explains that the organisms were able to recover “lots of fruits and vegetables, breakfasts, dairy products and quite a few salads or pre-packaged snacks.” These fresh products have therefore come “complete” THE “dry or frozen products”, for which the Food Bank “benefits from European funds” for the purchase. François Gras describes it thus “a great addition for people in real precarious situations.”