Overview
- Catalonia’s 17th Gran Recapte closed with just over one million kilos gathered, a bit below 2024’s physical total, with Girona bucking the trend as about 16,000 volunteers staffed more than 2,000 collection points.
- Monetary contributions in Catalonia remain open until November 23, including a new virtual supermarket, as Banc dels Aliments seeks to match roughly €6.1 million achieved last year.
- Spain’s national FESBAL Gran Recogida is underway through November 16 across thousands of stores, launched with a €20,000 donation and on-site volunteering by Queen Sofía in Madrid.
- Mercadona is collecting checkout donations in 1,590 stores nationwide and will add 10% to what customers give, emphasizing that cash gifts cut waste and let food banks buy what is most needed.
- Regional chapters, including Cantabria, Euskadi and Pontevedra, are running parallel drives with local targets and volunteer teams, using a mix of food drops and in-store cash donations.