A GROUP of Take Back Power supporters redistributed food from a Truro supermarket to a local foodbank on Saturday morning [March 14] as part of a coordinated series of actions across the country. Take Back Power describes itself as “a non-violent civil resistance group, demanding that the UK government establish a ‘House of the People’- a permanent citizen-led assembly with the power to tax extreme wealth”.

At 9am on Saturday, two Take Back Power supporters entered the Sainsbury's supermarket in Treyew Road and began loading food and necessities into boxes emblazoned with the Take Back Power logo and the words “These things are going to those who need them.”

They passed through the checkout area without paying and deposited the food in a foodbank donation box. The action was repeated in Manchester, London and Exeter. In London, supporters set up a stall to give the food back to the local community.

Falmouth student Connie Chilcott, 24 took part in the protest. “Hard-working ordinary people should not have to rely on foodbanks to get through the week and billionaires should pay more tax - it’s not rocket science,” she said.

“Yet somehow, the super-rich have convinced themselves that hoarding all the wealth and starving the public sector of resources is their God-given right.

“I am taking action because I cannot be a bystander while the billionaires take everything and corrupt our democracy. We need to tax the rich and we need to give the 99 per cent a proper say in important decisions about wealth distribution and public spending.”

A Take Back Power spokesperson said: “It is sickening that 6.5 million people in the UK are forced to turn to food banks every year and a third of children under five are living in homes where there is insufficient access to nutritious food.

“This is because our country is in crisis, with billionaires hoarding wealth while ordinary people suffer. We need to tax extreme wealth to fix Britain, and we need ordinary people to decide how.”

Today’s action comes as the UK remains in crisis. Last year 14 million people in the UK faced the prospect of going hungry due to a lack of money. Whilst in 2024,. [2]

Data from the Trussell Trust showed 6.5 million people turned to food banks in 2024, while its food banks in the South West handed out 227,735 emergency food parcels in 2025.

Sainsbury’s was approached for comment.