Council thanks Wolves and Marstons for food hub help
Wolverhampton Council has thanked Marstons and Wolves for going above and beyond to help set up an emergency food distribution hub at Aldersley Leisure Village.
Hundreds of redeployed council workers, as well as support from Marstons and the football club, has enabled Wolverhampton to be one of the first places in the country to be able to get supplies to people who are isolating at home.
The council approached Marstons for advice on logistics when setting up the hub and the company provided motorised pallet trucks as well as thousands of toilet rolls, which would normally have been used in Marstons pubs, to be included in the food parcels.
David Nijs, Marstons director of logistics, said: “The council asked Marstons for our assistance and we dropped everything to help because we understood the importance of the extremely important task the council has undertaken. It is fantastic we were able to help.”
Meanwhile Wolves allowed the council to use its ‘dome’ building which is located next to the leisure village and is now providing essential space for staff training.
Councillor Ian Brookfield, leader of Wolverhampton Council, said: “I am bowled over by the support from Marstons and Wolves – two of our biggest and best local partners.
"The council could quite simply not have got this hub operational as quickly as we have without their support which has gone over and above.
“These are two companies which are part and parcel of the fabric of our city and when the call came to help, they stepped up to the mark."
