Gift cards continue to be used for good in this period. The Co-op is stepping in to offer free school meals across the UK with a gift card scheme for eligible families. The mutual sought a guarantee from the government to reimburse schools for buying the gift cards from their local Co-op stores. Education secretary Gavin Williamson told a recent select committee meeting schools would be fully reimbursed and refunded for purchasing gift cards from Co-op, if schools were serving a community where the only store is a Co-operative. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gre7ZcN