A SHOP described as Britain's first social supermarket, selling low-cost food to people facing food poverty, has won a top national award.
The community shop in Goldthorpe delivered by Tankersley-based Company Shop, has won the community partner award at the prestigious food and drink federation awards in London.
The shop, which opened last December, is a social enterprise that redistributes surplus food from the supply chain to 500 local families at heavily discounted prices.
But it is not just the access to discounted food that marks Community Shop out as the winner of the award.
The award was collected by Mark Game, managing director of Company Shop, who said: "This is such a proud and humble moment for all of us. We have been bowled over by the support received for Community Shop so far.
"Company Shop has always viewed surplus food as a valuable resource and our social supermarket model shows just how much of a positive social impact we are able to have - both on people's lives and on the industry as a whole.
"We are excited about what the next 12 months have in store, and look forward to our continued expansion in the sector and across the UK."
