Tag: corvid-19

Asda donates £5 million to food banks, extends accessible hours for NHS workers and offers additional colleague support

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has announced it will be donating £5 million to its partners FareShare and the Trussell Trust to help the country’s most vulnerable people through COVID-19. The extensive package of measures will provide over 4 million meals to families in poverty impacted by Coronavirus as well as giving more than 3000 charities the ability to access free food over the next three months as they fight to tackle the impacts of Coronavirus in their communities. The donation from the supermarket also will help the networks of the two charities as…

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Vita Coco Reinvests Incremental Profits Into Relief Efforts and Asks Other Business Leaders To Do The Same

Stuart Mitchell

As coronavirus concerns have led consumers to stock up on pantry essentials, including nutritious beverages, Vita Coco has seen an unexpected sales surge for its shelf-stable coconut water. Over the past few weeks, Vita Coco sales have increased upwards of 100% across major retailers. Confronted with a crisis of conscience about the state of the business, Vita Coco’s CEO and Co-Founder Michael Kirban commits to investing $1 million of the company’s incremental profits into the resources that need it most. Vita Coco will donate $1 million collectively to Feeding America…

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