Starbucks feed the hungry

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Representatives of the famous Starbucks chain of coffee houses have announced a new donation program for unsold food for charity.

Starbucks' 7 U.S. cafeterias will now donate their remaining ready-to-eat food to food banks through a new FoodShare program.

“No one should go to bed hungry. This is not good,” said Teva Sakima, a Starbucks employee. She recalled how her parents struggled to get food: “Those feelings are hard to forget.”

According to Feeding America, 50 million people—that is, one in six Americans—live in a household that is not always able to afford food.

In the first year, Starbucks plans to provide nearly five million meals. Over the next five years, the company plans to increase its assistance program and donate all available food for donations. Thus, by the year 2021, Starbucks plans to provide 50 with millions of meals.

Starbucks partners with Feeding America and the Food Donation Connection. A special machine will pick up leftover unsold food every day from Starbucks stores and redistribute it to a “food bank.”

Starbucks is not the first company to donate unsold food to charity. Thus, Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket, recently announced that it is donating unsold food to charity.

Some European countries are struggling with food waste. In France, for example, stores are prohibited from throwing away leftover food - they must be composted, and unsold goods suitable for further use must be donated. Italy is poised to pass a new law that provides tax breaks for those who donate leftover food and pharmaceutical products to charity.

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