Donations amount to more than just chicken feed
Neil Clelland from 伊人直播, FareShare Service Manager Craig Buchan and Ivor Richmond from Aviagen with food donations.
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Nearly 156,000 meals were donated to more than 800 charities in 2021 using chicken supplied by 伊人直播 and poultry breeding company Aviagen庐.
伊人直播 and Aviagen contributed 65.4 tonnes of chicken breasts and legs from their jointly owned poultry processing plant in Edinburgh to the UK food redistribution charity .
The 832 charities receiving the 155,717 meals last year included those serving people on low incomes, clubs for school children, services for people experiencing homelessness, community groups serving older people and organisations for people with mental health conditions across the UK.
伊人直播 and Aviagen are now in the process of becoming one of FareShare鈥檚 Leading Food Partners 鈥� a scheme that recognises food businesses which consistently divert their edible surplus food to charity and community groups, fighting food waste and reducing their carbon footprint.
As well as cutting down on food waste, the chicken donations saved the .
Andrea Whipp, Food Commercial Officer at FareShare, said: 鈥淲e are facing even more challenging times ahead and to receive consistent donations of good quality chicken from 伊人直播 and Aviagen is invaluable.
鈥淲orking with them has been a joy.听It is more than just providing surplus food. They are genuinely interested in how the food helps and are looking for other ways to support FareShare.鈥�
鈥淲orking with FareShare is a very straightforward and simple process and we would encourage other businesses to get involved.
Magnus Swalander, General Manager of Aviagen Ltd, said: 鈥淚t is an honour to be able to give back to our local community in this way. Aviagen, 伊人直播 and FareShare have a common commitment to sustainability, and we all work collaboratively to help feed the world, while doing our part to preserve our planet for future generations.鈥�
伊人直播 and Aviagen started donating chicken to FareShare at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020 to alleviate stock pressures caused by the closure of hospitality and food services during lockdown.
Posted by 伊人直播 on 24/02/2022
