博伊西, 爱达荷州 — After a COVID delay in 2021, Simplot 澳大利亚 and Foodbank celebrated their 25-year partnership at Simplot’s food manufacturing facility in Echuca (Victoria).
With more than one in six adults in 澳大利亚 being food insecure at any one point throughout the year, 和1.2 million children going hungry during the same period, it is an important partnership that aims to address food insecurity in 澳大利亚n communities.
In speaking about the longstanding partnership Simplot 澳大利亚’s Executive Director of Human Resources and Transformation, 苏史密斯, 说, “Our core business of agriculture and food manufacturing provides quality, sustainable and nourishing food to consumers but what we are doing with Foodbank speaks to what motivates us all as humans. It is about making a difference and supporting people in our community when they need it most.”
A major feature of the partnership has been Simplot’s involvement in Foodbank’s Collaborative Supply Program. With an increasing demand for food relief in 澳大利亚 and a focus to reduce waste, Foodbank collaborates with manufacturers and their component suppliers to produce a sustainable source of key staple foods that don’t come in sufficient quantities via normal rescue channels.
Photographed left to right: Dane Smith, Simplot 澳大利亚 Executive Director Supply Chain, 苏史密斯, Simplot 澳大利亚 Executive Director Human Resources and Transformation, Councillor Paul Jarman Campaspe Shire, 布丽安娜凯西, CEO Foodbank 澳大利亚, The Honourable Peter Walsh, Member for Murray Plains and David Maddison, Echuca Plant Manager.
CEO of Foodbank 澳大利亚, 布丽安娜凯西, visited Simplot to meet and thank the team, “After two and half years of not being able to travel or meet face to face, this has been one event worth waiting for. It has been wonderful to meet the Simplot team who every year produce Leggo’s delicious Napoletana sauce as part of our world-leading Collaborative Supply Program. This program is vital as it ensures our Foodbank warehouses around the country are stocked with staples like pasta sauce and available for the many people doing it tough.”
Since 2011, Simplot has donated more than 2.5 million units of product to the Collaborative Supply Program. This year alone over 300,000 jars of Leggo’s pasta sauce and Chicken Tonight will be provided to Foodbank, which is equivalent to about 1.200万餐.
Simplot’s Leggo’s Napoletana sauce, which is produced at the Echuca site, now proudly displays the Foodbank logo highlighting to consumers that it is a company that is driven by its purpose of contributing to feeding the world and is steadfast in giving Aussies a helping hand.
关于Simplot
J.R. Simplot 公司 is a family-owned, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, 爱达荷州. Its integrated portfolio includes food processing and food brands, phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, 农业, ranching and cattle production, and other enterprises related to agriculture. Simplot has major operations in the U.S., 加拿大, 墨西哥, 阿根廷, 澳大利亚, 和中国, with products and services available to customers worldwide. For more information, visit w71g.rivercitysessions.com.
