Sysco Labs Sri Lanka recently concluded the 5th phase of its flagship CSR initiative ‘Share a Meal, Share a Moment’ which supports the food and nourishment needs of underprivileged communities.
Phase 5 of the program was held in the Galle District, with dry rations and essential items donated to families in Benthara, Balapitiya, Ambalangoda and KadawathSathara.
‘Share a Meal, Share a Moment’ was launched in 2020 to provide food parcels and hampers to people adversely affected by challenging socioeconomic conditions. To date, the initiative has nourished over 35,000people in the Colombo and Galle Districts. Sysco Labs intends to reach underprivileged communities in other rural districts in subsequent phases of the programme.
Speaking on reaching Phase 5 of the initiative, GaviPerera, Associate Director - Property at Sysco Labs said: “Share a Meal, Share a Moment is an initiative that’s very close to our hearts and was initiatedto assist underprivileged communities with their immediate nutritional needs.
It is a company-wide effort to supply food to identified communities, with our associates also donating their personal funds to maximize impact. Despitedifferent logistical challengesthis year, we are glad to have been able to expand beyond Colombo and hope to reach communities in other remote areas of the country in the future.”
The ‘Share a Meal Share a Moment’ initiative is inspired by Sysco’s ‘200 million meals’ sustainability goal which aims toassistthose in need across Sysco’s global communities.
Commenting on the initiative’s roots and connection to Sysco’s global program, KushaniKalpage, Director – Marketing at Sysco Labs said, “As the captive innovation center of the world’s largest foodservice company, nourishing communities is in our DNA, it’s why we exist. In the spirit of our purpose of connecting the world to share food and care for one another, we launched the ‘Share a Meal, Share a Moment’ initiative to support families inneed.
It’s an effort we are all passionate about and operates in parallel to the other community initiatives we have, to provide relief to people undergoing various hardships.
We are committed towardsmaximizing our resources to care for our communities and uplift lives.”To learn more about previous phases of Sysco Labs’ ‘Share a Meal, Share a Moment’ visit: syscoLabs.lk/csr
Sysco Labs is the captive innovation arm of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco is a Fortune 500 company and the global leader in selling, marketing, and distributing food products.With over 71,000 associates, the company operates 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations. Sysco Labs’s engineering teams based out of Colombo, Sri Lanka and Austin and Houston, TX, innovate across the entire food service journey – from the enterprise-grade technology that enables Sysco’s business, to the technology that revolutionizes the way that Sysco connects with restaurants and the technology that shapes the way those restaurants connect with customers.