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Food banks are often challenged with providing perishable foods, including dairy, due to limited refrigeration capabilities. We decided to partner with Feeding America to help solve this critical issue.
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Local General Mills employees, including Reed City Plant Manager Megan Johnson, and her colleagues, served as volunteers at the event.
“We’ve seen increased demand for food from people who have never accessed our services before. Last year, we saw a 64% increase in Mobile Pantry attendance,” says McCahill. “Due to COVID–19, it’s estimated that 1 in 6 people in our 40-county service area faced hunger in 2020, including more than 121,000 children. The need is projected to remained heightened throughout 2021.”
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Yoplait is committed to continue partnering with Feeding America to help make dairy more accessible to consumers that need it the most.
“We wanted to start helping by increasing access to dairy in our plant towns,” adds Moya.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the brand has donated over $600,000 to Feeding America with funds to support refrigeration capabilities and to help provide access to nutritious food, including dairy.
