Soaring food bank demand saw a charity hand out an emergency food parcel every 13 seconds in April and May.
The Trussell Trust has voiced its alarm after recording a 50% rise compared to pre-pandemic levels, and a 29% increase on last year.
In April and May, the national charity gave out 420,000 emergency food parcels across the country, with bosses saying it is "extremely unusual" to be so busy at this time of year.
