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Spain’s 2025 Food-Bank Drive Launches With In‑Store Giving and a New Virtual Supermarket

Organizers steer donors toward monetary gifts via online tools to target urgent needs and cut waste.

Overview

  • The Gran Recapte/Gran Recogida campaign began Friday with two days of in‑person collection in Catalonia and coordinated national efforts across thousands of stores.
  • Barcelona’s Banc dels Aliments is seeking to match last year’s €6.1 million to sustain aid for about 230,000 people each month after moving its dates forward to align with the national drive.
  • FESBAL set a goal equivalent to 10 million kilos to support more than one million people, and the Fundación Reina Sofía opened the campaign with a €20,000 contribution.
  • Mercadona is taking checkout donations in 1,590 stores nationwide and will add 10% to the total raised, with its collection window running through November 16.
  • The campaign debuts a virtual supermarket for product donations, while regions set local targets such as Cantabria’s aim of over 100,000 kilos and more than €100,000 supported by 1,000 volunteers.