The UAE Food Bank announced the launch of an initiative in partnership with Deliveroo to reduce food wastage and benefit from surplus food. The initiative includes donating all surplus food items suitable for consumption in the Deliveroo HOP stores to organisations and charities in the UAE to be distributed in the next stage to the beneficiaries.
The initiative aims to reduce food wastage in the HOP network stores for express delivery of groceries, in line with the UAE’s goals regarding this, and achieve the country’s strategy related to food security, as these efforts come to promote building a sustainable system for food items to contribute to reducing food wastage and enhancing the level of support provided to beneficiary groups in all parts of the UAE.
The UAE Food Bank also partnered with Deliveroo in setting the daily lists of food items in all HOP network stores in support of the initiative’s objectives and in preparation for donating these items to the bank, including fresh food items such as fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, bread etc. The UAE Food Bank undertakes the task of delivering it to the approved charities and organisations in the country, which provide it to the beneficiary groups.
