Loblaws $25 gift certificates should be in the mail soon and the head of Food Banks B.C. says she is encouraged by how many people are already offering to donate their grocery gift cards.

The Canadian grocery giant is giving out the cards as a goodwill gesture after admitting to an illegal bread price-fixing scheme that took place between 2002 and 2015.

Monday was the first day customers could sign up online to receive one.

It wasn’t long before people took