The fund will begin with a partnership with
Grubhub to provide 30,000 meals for New York City hospitals
As part of Unilever’s ‘United for America’ initiative,
Hellmann’s today launched a Food Relief Fund that will provide $1
million to feed frontline workers and people in need in New York
City, Hellmann’s birth place and the current Coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic epicenter.
To start, Hellmann’s Food Relief Fund will provide $500,000
worth of meals through a partnership with Grubhub, the nation’s
leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivering marketplace.
Together, the brands have teamed up with local restaurants to
provide 30,000 individually-catered meals to health care workers at
three New York City hospitals. By leveraging Grubhub’s delivery
network, the partnership will fuel local restaurants struggling to
stay open in this time of crisis.
“With the creation of Hellmann’s Food Relief Fund, we want to
provide much needed food to the humanitarians on the frontlines in
New York City who are selflessly confronting the virus and
facilitating care daily as well as to New Yorkers who are
experiencing hardship through this pandemic,” said Ben Crook,
Senior Marketing Director for Hellmann’s North America. “The Fund’s
first partnership with Grubhub will help feed frontline healthcare
workers immediately impacted while also benefiting local
restaurants and their staff who are among the hardest hit in New
York City.”
“Amid this trying time, we are proud to team up with Hellmann’s
to expand on an initiative that is rooted in generosity,” said
Padma Rao, VP of Special Projects at Grubhub. “Through purposeful
actions such as this we are able to contribute in feeding the
hospital workers who are working around the clock and going above
and beyond to save lives, while also allowing us to help support
the livelihoods of those in our Grubhub community, like our local
restaurants who need us now more than ever.”
Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City will be the first
beneficiary, with approximately 3,800 hospital staff supported by
the initiative. Hellmann’s and Grubhub are working in tandem to
enroll additional hospitals in the greater New York City area to
offer support tailored to their staffing needs.
“Our selfless caregivers are fighting an unprecedented battle.
They deserve all the support we can give them. We are grateful to
the companies that have banded together during this challenging
time to prioritize our staff,” said Peg Butler, VP, Marketing and
External Relations for Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC, one of 23
Northwell hospitals in the greater New York area.
Hellmann’s Food Relief Fund will identify additional
partnerships in the upcoming weeks to donate a total of $1 million
to help feed New Yorkers.
This commitment is part of Unilever’s ‘United for America’
initiative, which is contributing $20 million in products and
services to help those impacted by the pandemic, including
donations of food (including Hellmann’s), soap, personal hygiene,
and home cleaning products. To learn more about the Unilever
‘United for America’ initiative, please visit
www.WeAreUnitedforAmerica.com.
For more information about Hellmann’s, visit www.Hellmanns.com
or www.BestFoods.com.
About Unilever
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Beauty &
Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods & Refreshment products with
sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2.5 billion consumers a
day. In the United States and Canada, the portfolio includes brand
icons such as: Axe, Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, Degree, Dollar
Shave Club, Dove, Hellmann’s, Klondike, Knorr, Lever 2000, Lipton,
Love Beauty and Planet, Magnum, Nexxus, Noxzema, Pond’s, Popsicle,
Pure Leaf, Q-tips, Seventh Generation, Simple, Sir Kensington’s,
St. Ives, Suave, Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto, TAZO, TIGI,
TRESemmé and Vaseline. All of the preceding brand names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of the Unilever Group of
Companies.
Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) underpins the
company’s strategy and commits to:
- Helping more than a billion people take action to improve their
health and well-being by 2020.
- Halving the environmental impact of our products by 2030.
- Enhancing the livelihoods of millions of people by 2020.
The USLP creates value by driving growth and trust, eliminating
costs and reducing risks. The company’s Sustainable Living Brands
grew 69% faster than the rest of the business and delivered 75% of
the company’s growth in 2018.
Since 2010 we have been taking action through the Unilever
Sustainable Living Plan to help more than a billion people improve
their health and well-being, halve our environmental footprint and
enhance the livelihoods of millions of people as we grow our
business. We have already made significant progress and continue to
expand our ambition – most recently committing to ensure 100% of
our plastic packaging is fully reusable, recyclable or compostable
by 2025. While there is still more to do, we are proud to have been
recognized in 2018 as sector leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability
Index and as the top ranked company in the GlobeScan/SustainAbility
Global Corporate Sustainability Leaders survey, for the
eighth-consecutive year.
For more information on Unilever U.S. and its brands visit:
www.unileverusa.com For more information on the USLP:
www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/
About Grubhub
Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB) is a leading online and mobile
food-ordering and delivery marketplace with the largest and most
comprehensive network of restaurant partners, as well as more than
22 million active diners. Dedicated to connecting diners with the
food they love from their favorite local restaurants, Grubhub
elevates food ordering through innovative restaurant technology,
easy-to-use platforms and an improved delivery experience. Grubhub
features over 350,000 restaurants and is proud to partner with more
than 165,000 of these restaurants in over 3,200 U.S. cities and
London. The Grubhub portfolio of brands includes Grubhub, Seamless,
LevelUp, AllMenus and MenuPages.
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