Tag: food banks

Walmart highlights what they’re doing during the pandemic: Walmart, Sam’s Club, Food Banks Work Together to Feed America

Stuart Mitchell

This is a post by Charles Redfield, Executive Vice President, Food, Walmart U.S. & Russell Mounce, Senior Vice President, Fresh, Sam’s Club showcasing the work Walmart are doing durinbg the pandemic crisis. COVID-19 has created a near-perfect storm of uncertainty, and we’ve seen its impact ripple through the communities we serve. As a company committed to helping people save money and live better, we are working hard to respond to the many ways our communities need us, from ensuring access to the food and essentials people need, to expanding COVID-19…

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Kent Community Foundation distributes almost two years funding in under two months

Stuart Mitchell

In a typical year, Kent Community Foundation would normally award around £50,000 to food distribution projects as well as £40,000 to cookery projects including those supporting healthy eating. By comparison, since the county went into lockdown, on 23 March, the Foundation has awarded £200,000, more than twice the usual amount awarded in a year, to projects helping to feed families in Kent and Medway Natalie Smith, Director of Grants and Impact, Kent Community Foundation, said “Kent Community Foundation has made fifty emergency grants to groups involved in food distribution. As…

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Hikma launches employee matching donation campaign to support local US food banks and pantries

Stuart Mitchell

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC, the multinational generic pharmaceutical company, announces the launch of an employee matching donation campaign to support local food banks and pantries in the US communities in which Hikma operates. The initiative will be conducted in each of Hikma’s US communities – Eatontown, NJ, Cherry Hill, NJ, Columbus, OH and Bedford, OH – to help address the unprecedented increase in food demand caused by COVID-19 related job losses and furloughs. “Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hikma’s 2,000 US employees have been working tirelessly to continue delivering…

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Investec to supply food banks in Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets

Stuart Mitchell

Investec has committed to providing the funds to ensure the supply to food banks across three London boroughs for the next twelve weeks, starting from Monday 6th April. Aiming to feed the growing number of families relying on food banks, in many cases replacing vital free school meals, Investec will be supplying around 17,500 food items every week to each of the three food banks in Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. Deborah Sayagh, Head of Strategic Client Partnerships for Investec Private Bank, commented:  “Through a relationship with Aldi, we are…

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Danone North America Commits $1.5 Million to Support Food Banks and Food Rescue Organizations During Coronavirus Crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The closure of workplaces and schools nationwide in the last several weeks is leading to increasing food insecurity for many Americans, including low-income families, housebound individuals, and children unable to access free school breakfast and lunch. Danone North America, a food and beverage company with a portfolio of yogurt, dairy and plant-based foods, including Horizon Organic®, Silk®, So Delicious Dairy Free®, and Two Good®, is donating $1.2 million USD in funds, plus an additional $300,000 in product donations, to organizations making a local impact on food access in communities across…

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