New distribution centers in Lower Saxony: Tables urgently get help!

New distribution centers in Lower Saxony: Tables urgently get help!

The tables in Lower Saxony are under enormous pressure, since the demand for food aids is unbroken and up to 200,000 people are dependent on this support every year. In order to counteract this Situation, two new distribution centers have been set up, which are intended to significantly improve logistics. The first center was opened in the Emsland district in June, followed by a second in November in the Hanover region. These centers offer space for 400 pallets of drying goods and a truck load cooling and frozen goods, which corresponds to 33 pallets, explained Uwe Lampe, the chairman of the Lower Saxony Tafel Landesverband. This concept is intended to help master the high demand more effectively and to save more goods in a report by ndr .

A significant news is that the new distribution centers now have the tables for the first time received directly from the manufacturers, which includes food and hygiene products. This is particularly important because discount campaigns in supermarkets remain fewer and fewer products for the boards. In addition, a new fleet was established with nine vans, which supports the logistics on site and can also provide immediate help in the event of failures. Lower Saxony is promoting the new distribution centers with two million euros by 2026, whereby the Tafel Landesverband hopes that the financing will also continue, such as n-tv reported.

The situation is tense in the entire Federal Republic; The boards are still in "permanent crises mode", says Andreas Steppuhn, the chair of the umbrella organization of the tables Germany. The growing poverty is also increasingly concerned with pensioners, which increases the pressure on the often overloaded facilities. With the new distribution centers, however, a step is taken in the right direction in order to support the large number of needy in Lower Saxony and Bremen.