General Mills and its Foundation Expand COVID-19 Charitable Response to $14 Million Due to Growing Hunger Rates
October 29 2020 - 01:26PM
Business Wire
With acute food insecurity expected to double worldwide in 2020
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the General Mills Foundation
announced an additional $4 million of philanthropic funding for
nonprofit organizations working to alleviate growing food
insecurity worldwide. The $4 million in supplemental funding is in
addition to General Mills’ charitable response since March 2020 of
$10 million worth of grants from the General Mills Foundation and
food donations from the company to help food banks, food pantries
and other anti-hunger organizations meet the elevated community
needs driven by the pandemic.
The additional investment is focused on expanding the capacities
of food bank networks and leading hunger relief programs to meet
the increased community need for emergency meals and food
assistance while also helping food systems become more sustainable,
equitable and resilient. Among the organizations receiving added
support from the General Mills Foundation through this $4 million
grants package are the Global FoodBanking Network, the European
Food Banks Federation, Second Harvest Heartland, the Global Child
Nutrition Foundation and Feeding America.
Expanding the Capacity of MealConnect
The funding includes $2 million dedicated to expanding the
capabilities of Feeding America’s MealConnect platform, a mobile
app that makes it easy for grocery stores, restaurants, farmers and
food businesses to donate their good excess food to local
charities. The grant will expand Feeding America’s ability to
connect more people and households with food amid the pandemic,
while enabling more food donors to regularly and efficiently donate
their surplus food to charities.
"We know food banks and other hunger-fighting organizations are
creatively working to address surging demand for assistance amid a
reduced food supply, due to the pandemic,” said Mary Jane Melendez,
Chief Sustainability and Social Impact Officer for General Mills.
“These additional grants from the General Mills Foundation will
support those extraordinary efforts to nourish people facing
hunger, while also helping to ensure that the world’s good surplus
food does not go to waste. We also encourage people to do what they
can to support food banks in their own communities.”
Additional Efforts to Support Hunger Relief
The company’s latest COVID-19 response augments more than $50
million in cash giving by General Mills and its Foundation in
fiscal 2020, along with more than $40 million worth of food product
donations provided by General Mills to nonprofit food banks to help
reduce hunger and ensure food security for people and pets across
global communities.
About General Mills
General Mills is a leading global food company whose purpose is
to make food the world loves. Its brands include Cheerios, Annie's,
Yoplait, Nature Valley, Häagen-Dazs, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Old
El Paso, Wanchai Ferry, Yoki, BLUE and more. Headquartered in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, General Mills generated fiscal 2020
net sales of U.S. $17.6 billion. In addition, General Mills’ share
of non-consolidated joint venture net sales totaled U.S. $1.0
billion.
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