As part of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) scheme, Luxembourg will receive €460,000 to provide food aid and basic material assistance for the country's most deprived households.

In 2014, 27.8% of households in Luxembourg had difficulty 'making ends meet', with 25,000 people living in low work intensity households, according to the FEAD. While below the EU average, the share of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Luxembourg increased between 2015 and 2018.

To support disadvantaged and vulnerable individuals/households across the EU, €3.8 billion were earmarked for the FEAD between 2014-2020, with member states having to contribute at least 15% to their national programme.

In 2018, 1,796 tonnes of products were distributed in Luxembourg, 52% of which were donated, 27% were financed by partner organisations and the remaining 21% were purchased with support of the FEAD. Food assistance may include the distribution of oil, milk, pasta, rice, sugar and tuna, whereas basic material assistance consists of basic hygiene items like toothpaste, shower gel, shampoo and toilet paper.

According to estimates in 2018, most end recipients in Luxembourg tend to be people with foreign backgrounds and minorities, as well as women and children aged 15 or below. 13,016 people received assistance that year.

The FEAD also supplements the 'social supermarkets' system, which resells donated food from supermarkets and suppliers at reduced price.