SodexoMagic and Goodr Partner to Combat Food Insecurity and Waste
18 November 2021 - 4:26PM
According to the USDA, 11.3 million U.S. households were food
insecure in 2019 and 2020. The USDA also states that 30-40 percent
of America’s food supply is wasted. Today, SodexoMagic announced a
partnership with Goodr, a minority-owned, woman-led hunger relief
and food waste management company. This partnership creates easy
and ongoing access to fresh food at no cost and as well as a way
forward for diverting edible food waste from SodexoMagic’s
extensive nationwide food service operations. This helps get
food in the mouths of those that need it most.
In addition to surplus food recovery, Goodr offers a variety of
hunger relief solutions which include pop-up grocery markets,
student snackpacks, grocery and meal delivery and the company’s
newest offering, the Goodr grocery store. The Goodr grocery store
converts unused space in an existing facility into an on-site
grocery store that offers fresh produce, meat, grab-n-go items, and
shelf-stable goods at no cost for individuals and families.
SodexoMagic plans to a combination of these hunger relief solutions
across college campuses by year-end and expand to additional
campuses, corporate accounts, healthcare facilities, and more next
year.
“The pandemic has caused a lot of undue stress,” said Selena
Cuffe, president of SodexoMagic, a joint venture between food
services and facilities management leader Sodexo and majority-owner
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, NBA Hall of Famer and CEO of Magic Johnson
Enterprises, LLC. “We hope to lessen the stress and anxiety on
those in need.”
“We are proud to partner with SodexoMagic on such an important
initiative,” said Goodr Founder and CEO, Jasmine Crowe. “This
partnership will allow us to provide free meals, groceries and
snacks to even more people experiencing food insecurity across the
country and explore opportunities to work together on surplus food
recovery and organics recycling at SodexoMagic locations across the
country.”
The partnership with Goodr is an example of SodexoMagic’s
commitment to support diversity and inclusion through purchases of
goods and services from minority and women-owned businesses. For
more information, visit SodexoMagic.com.
About Goodr
Goodr is a food waste management and hunger relief company
that leverages technology and its nationwide logistics network to
combat hunger and reduce food waste. Goodr's food waste
services operate nationwide and include surplus food recovery,
organics recycling, and holistic waste management. Goodr
provides hunger relief solutions via popup grocery stores, Goodr
grocery stores, grocery delivery and student snackpacks to support
food insecure communities around the US. Goodr is built
on the principle that food insecurity is not an issue of scarcity;
it's a matter of logistics. For more information on Goodr, visit
Goodr.co.
About SodexoMagic
SodexoMagic was formed in 2006 through a joint venture
between Magic Food Provisions (MFP), which is owned by NBA all-star
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, and Sodexo Inc. to provide food and
facilities management services to businesses, hospitals, schools,
and universities. SodexoMagic was founded with the purpose of
empowering the communities it serves, creating opportunity by
hiring locally and purchasing goods and services from minority and
women-owned businesses. With a 51 percent ownership interest by
MFP, SodexoMagic has been certified as a minority-owned
and managed company by the Minority Supplier Development Council
and the Southern California Minority Business Development Council,
Inc. The joint venture employs over 6,500 people at
approximately 1,500 locations across the U.S.
- SodexoMagic and Goodr Partner to Combat Food Insecurity and
Waste
- SodexoMagic and Goodr Partner to Combat Food Insecurity and
Waste
Dasha Ross-Smith
Sodexo
Dasha.Ross-Smith@Sodexo.com
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