Bauska Store to Host Food Pack Drive for Families in Need

On Saturday, 17 October, from 11:00 to 19:00, a food pack collection drive will take place at the Rimi store at 2 Pionieru Street in Bauska, Latvia. It is organised with the food bank “Paēdušai Latvijai” (“For a Well-Fed Latvia”) to support Latvian families in hardship. The retailer Rimi Latvia informed the local news portal about the event. This is the 20th such drive, and anyone can take part.

The donated packs will be passed on, in cooperation with the Food Bank and regional partner organisations, to people and families for whom this help matters most in daily life.

Products requested

Rimi asks shoppers to fill the packs with nutritious, long-life food: grains (rice, buckwheat, semolina, oat flakes, groats, pearl barley), legumes (beans, lentils, peas), flour and flour products, pasta, canned meat, fish, vegetables and fruit, oil, sugar, honey, tea, coffee and spices. Treats for children, such as chocolate, biscuits, dried fruit and nuts, are also welcome.

Agita Kraukle, head of the food bank, says every pack reflects someone's wish to help. She urges people shopping at any of the 53 Rimi stores on 17 October to add one more item to their basket.

Earlier results

Everita Bičkova, head of external communications at Rimi Latvia, says the company has run pack drives with the Food Bank for ten years. It also regularly donates food for immediate use and for assembling packs; this year it has donated more than 737 tonnes of food.

During the spring drive, shoppers and Rimi filled 6,366 packs, providing meals for about 20,000 people across Latvia, including lonely elderly people and families with many children. Since the campaign began in 2016, more than 115,000 packs have been collected in total.