UK food bank users swap face scans for free food

Food bank clients lining up inside a food pantry. With Britain’s inflation now the highest in western Europe – the annual rate was 10.1% in March – food banks are grappling with record demand amid soaring food prices and energy bills. — Bloomberg

LONDON: Facial recognition technology is helping feed hundreds of struggling Britons, letting them swap a face scan for food of their choice instead of making do with donations and castoffs.

With ever more families reliant on food banks to survive runaway inflation in one of the world’s richest countries, the option of eating by app is a welcome new choice for many.