article_snippet.sent: Food bank usage is a serious issue – not something that should be used and misused for PR purposes.
article_snippet.sent: said the increase may reflect that more people are becoming aware of food banks, or people who were already in need have taken advantage of the opening of a new food bank in people who were already in need neighbourhood.
article_snippet.sent: Some of those people have eaten that food on more than one occasion during the year.
article_snippet.sent: We should not lose sight of the fact that a large and increasing number of people have been referred to food banks.'