TORONTO, Oct. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Uber Freight Canada confirmed their partnership extension with Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food rescue organization, to ensure millions of pounds of healthy, surplus food can be redistributed to communities across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 alone, Second Harvest expects to redistribute close to three million pounds of food to non-profits and charities in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec with Uber Freight’s in-kind transportation supports.
What started as a partnership in April 2020 to move donated potatoes from Toronto to Little Current, ON, Manitoulin Island, as part of Uber Freight’s Move What Matters Campaign has resulted in 35 donated trips that brought over 1.7 million pounds of product to community hubs across Ontario and Alberta by the end of July. As of year to date, 2,002,988 pounds of food will have been transported by Uber Freight carriers, with hundreds of thousands more by December 31, 2020.
“Transportation is one of the greatest challenges of getting good healthy food to communities.” says CEO Lori Nikkel. “We are incredibly thankful for the partnership with Uber Freight which has enabled us to provide chicken, eggs, seafood, beef, vegetables and dry goods to remote and fly-in communities where food insecurity rates are among the highest. To further receive Uber Freight’s Community Champion Award is truly an honour.”
“Second Harvest was a standout for the selection committee in terms of the impact on community and partnership with Uber,” said Faye Pang, General Manager of Uber Freight Canada. “We feel grateful to have had the opportunity to do this important work with Second Harvest to help Canadians in need.”