In others, it supports, strengthens and supplies existing food banks by recovering excess produce from farms and processors, packaged goods from supermarkets and manufacturers and prepared foods from restaurants, hotels and caterers and distributing them to where they are needed most.

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Both issues are likely to matter more as broking houses continue to shift from selling stocks and bonds, which produce only one-off transaction fees, to selling packaged financial products.

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