Real Junk Food Project puts down roots with first premises

THE Real Junk Food Project, a “revolutionary” cafe concept launched in Leeds, has purchased its first commercial premises.

The social enterprise was founded by chef Adam Smith in Armley and it takes produce that would otherwise be regarded as being waste and likely have gone to landfill, and make it available to consumers at cafés on a pay-as-you-feel basis.

There are now 40 pop-up cafe concepts based on The Real Junk Food Project’s model in the UK and overseas, Saltaire, York, Doncaster and Sheffield to Berlin and Cape Town.

Mr Smith said: “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved so far.  Being able to secure this property in which a community has developed over the past 18 months is a real achievement.”

Duncan Milwain, who heads the multi-disciplinary team at solicitors Lupton Fawcett Denison Till advising the Real Junk Food Project, said: “As head of our charity and social enterprises group, I was very interested from the outset in what Adam had to say.

“I originally advised on the setup of the social enterprise in November 2013. I was so impressed I decided in mid-2014 to establish a café run on the same principles in Saltaire, Bradford. Lupton Fawcett Denison Till has supported me throughout.

“These cafes represent sustainable businesses with a social purpose – providing employment and training opportunities, good food available to all and a reduction in needless waste.”

 

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