Bumper Poppy Appeal collections outside Melton Mowbray supermarket
Customers at a Melton Mowbray supermarket have generously contributed thousands of pounds to this year’s town Poppy Appeal.
The Poppy team at the Tesco store, on Thorpe Road, finished collecting today (Tuesday) with nearly £6,000 given by the public for Poppies.
Poppy Appeal collector Chris Platts said: “It has been so rewarding in so many different ways.
"We got to speak with a lot of people with various different stories.
"So many generous people who took a few moments to speak with us and give to a great cause.”
Poppies have also been sold throughout the town and villages over the last few week, in shops, businesses and on market stalls, and organisers predict last year’s £23,000 total will be smashed in 2025.
Chris continued: “Today, I was in the town market square collecting, then I went and finished off a last couple of hours with two incredible ladies, Sue Stephens and Debbie Adams.
“You have been brilliant these last two weeks and it is with great pleasure that I can announce that we have more than doubled what we raised last year and we have taken over £5,500.
“There was also a very generous donation of £100 from Tesco, from their charity book sales.”
Chris added: “Thank you to Tesco for this donation again, and for hosting us for the last two weeks, thank you to Sue and Debbie for your support, thank you to Kev, our Poppy Appeal organiser for getting us all our kit, and thank you to all the customers of Tesco Melton Mowbray.”
The final figure raised at Tesco will be published later this week.