Milwaukee – Garden-Fresh Foods is joining with the Refrigerated Foods Association to help combat hunger. The Milwaukee-based food producer plans to donate more than 900 pounds of deli products in support the RFA’s third Deli Salad Month in July – an annual effort to give back to the community where, on average, one in seven people struggle each day to get enough to eat.
“We have an obligation to the communities we serve,” said Tom Hughes, Garden-Fresh Foods Co-Founder, President and CEO. “We’ve all heard the stories about how much food is wasted every year. Efforts like this not only raise awareness to that, but they also get good, healthy food to the people who need it most.”
The RFA works with Feeding America, a national network of 200 food banks, to coordinate the annual Deli Salad Month campaign. According to the organization, the Feeding America network provides over 3.7 billion meals to 1 in 7 Americans in need of healthy foods.
Garden-Fresh Foods regularly supports local food banks and has donated nearly 1,500 pounds of food in April and May of this year, with a retail value of almost $5,500, to food pantries in the Milwaukee area.
“It’s not something we generally brag about,” Hughes said. “We do it because it’s just the right thing to do.”
Garden-Fresh Foods is one of the country’s leading manufacturers of fresh and wholesome deli salads, dips, desserts and salad kits, serving grocery, convenience, private label, food service and mass market industries. Garden-Fresh Foods is a SQF level 3 certified company, committed to the highest standards of excellence. For more information, visit www.garden-freshfoods.com.