Some 10.5mn US meals have been delivered, along with more than 10mn UK meals and over 1mn Irish meals, Fyffes says
Fyffes has revealed that it has provided more than 24mn healthy meals to countries in Europe, Latin America and North America.
In line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals of Zero Hunger and Responsible Consumption and Production, Fyffes said it had made a commitment to ”helping build a world that is food secure, free of hunger, and where food loss is avoided”.
The company set a target of providing 5mn healthy meals to vulnerable communities by the end of 2025 and said it had exceeded this ahead of time and by a factor of four.
The US topped the table of donations with over 10.5mn meals, closely followed by the UK at over 10mn meals.
Ireland and Germany where also high on the list with over 1mn and 969,048 meals respectively, while over 1.5mn meals have been provided in Latin America.
”A third of all food produced is wasted, representing about 8 per cent of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) and the demand for food bank services has increased globally due to inflationary pressures and the cost-of-living crisis,” Fyffes stated.
Through partnerships with customers and for-purpose organisations, Fyffes donates fresh bananas, pineapples and melons to food banks who then help to minimise food waste by redistributing the surplus fruit to those charities and communities that are most in need.
“We are extremely proud to share that we have surpassed our target of donating five million healthy meals to people in vulnerable groups,” noted Helge Sparsoe, CEO of Fyffes.
”The achievement of this target means even more in the current global cost of-living crisis where the demand for food banks has increased exponentially.
”Donating over 24mn meals is a wonderful demonstration of sustainability in action and we look forward to reaching even more communities in 2025.”
