Helsinki food aid queue closes after 30 years

2026-03-12 - 12:55

A free food distribution programme in Helsinki will close after more than three decades because surplus food donations from retailers and producers have fallen by about 80 percent, leaving organisers unable to supply the growing number of people who arrive for help. A long running food aid service in the Helsinki district of Myllypuro will close after more than 30 years as supplies of surplus food from retailers and producers drop to levels that organisers say make the programme impossible to continue.