Planet Food York

Community food store and cafe
Intercepts surplus food from going to waste to redistribute in our open-access community cafe and shop. We feed bellies not bins and welcome anyone regardless of need to tackle the climate emergency, build community and reduce social isolation also providing many work experience /volunteering/job opprotunities.

53 GoodGymers have supported Planet Food York with 203 tasks.


Top supporters
TaskForce
Penny Spikins
Penny Spikins
TaskForce
Stefan Durkin
Stefan Durkin
TaskForce
Elle
Elle (She/her)
TaskForce
Jenna Drury
Jenna Drury (she /her)
York runner

Upcoming sessions
Tidying up hall after Planet Food cafe and food distribution

Thursday 19th November 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Tidying up hall after Planet Food cafe and food distribution

Thursday 26th November 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm


Previous sessions
YorkGroup Session
Gemma M
Bec

A clean sweep

Thursday 12th November

Written by Bec

4 GoodGymers cleared up after the brilliant Planet Food in record time. Hoover, Stack, Clear and Clean. On repeat. Huge thanks to Gemma, Kirsty, and Mike - and of course to the whole team at Planet Food making great meals out of food otherwise heading for landfill. A clean sweep once again.

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YorkGroup Session
Gemma M
Mikael Hanson
Bec
Jenna Drury

Sparklers and Fireworks!

Thursday 5th November

Written by Jenna Drury (she /her)

A huge thank you to Gemma who joined us as a sparkling new Goodgym member. With a whiz, pop, zoom, we soon had the job done. There were a few sparks flying as Mikael accidently compared Becs to Maggie Thatcher (Ouch! What a banger!) But the fire of community spirit still works in this GG team! Gemma

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YorkGroup Session
Bethany Elce
Kirsty Payne
Mikael Hanson

Saving the planet again

Thursday 22nd October

Written by Vicky Bushell (she/her)

No task forcer was available today but this didn't stop three dedicated goodgymmers from helping with the planet food tidy up. Thank you!

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YorkGroup Session
Jenna Drury

Bin and gone!

Thursday 8th October

Written by Jenna Drury (she /her)

It was great to meet new recruit, Beth, who joined us this week. With 4 volunteers, we soon had the tables wiped, folded and stacked, then chairs away, floor swept and carpet hoovered. As Jess was short of helpers, our last task was to empty and re-bag the bins. All done. Before you knew it, we'd 'bin' and gone!

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YorkGroup Session
Bec

Swept off our feet

Thursday 1st October

Written by Bec

Two Goodgymers twirled around Southlands community Church tidying chairs, tables and sweeping the floor after the mighty space that is Planet Food brought joy and full bellies to the people of York, all through surplus food, stellar volunteers and community spirit. What a pleasure!

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YorkGroup Session
Mikael Hanson
Penny Spikins
Vicky Bushell

Last minute volunteers saved the day!

Thursday 24th September

Written by Penny Spikins

thank you to everyone who stepped in, all done in super swift time :)

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