Musgrave MarketPlace has donated over 795,000 meals to charities in Ireland through its partnership with FoodCloud.
The wholesale supplier to foodservice, retail, and SME businesses, has been partnered with FoodCloud since 2016.
Over that period it has donated 334 tonnes of food, with an estimated value of €1 million worth of food redistributed.
FoodCloud is a social enterprise that connects businesses with surplus food to charities in their local communities, allowing them to donate food easily and directly to charities that need it.
Since the partnership’s commencement in 2016, 410 charities have received donations from Musgrave MarketPlace.
Musgrave MarketPlace donates surplus food from their seven branches nationwide directly to Irish charities through the FoodCloud app.
Michael McCormack, Managing Director at Musgrave MarketPlace said throughout the pandemic the charity sector has been hit particularly hard with the loss of many avenues for fundraising.
"Through this partnership, we have helped provide quality, fresh produce to some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.
"Rediverting our food surplus to FoodCloud has also reduced our C02-eq to landfill by 1 million kilos in line with our sustainability commitments. We look forward to continuing our partnership with FoodCloud," he said.
Aoibheann O'Brien, Partnerships Director at FoodCloud said that Musgrave MarketPlace has been a key contributor to FoodCloud since they began donating surplus food in 2016.
"To reach more than 795,000 meals redistributed since then is an incredible milestone and a true testament to the effort put in and the work carried out by the dedicated staff at Musgrave MarketPlace," she said.
