As the holidays draw nearer and gatherings become more popular, a sense of community becomes even more important for your customers and for your business. While December is often a busy month with catering and parties, you can limit any lulls by hosting an event that helps your community. 77 per cent of consumers say […]
Photo: Barry Reid, VP of Sales & Marketing at Flanagan Foodservice and Tiana Rodrigue, Executive Director of We Care Flanagan Foodservice’s 34th annual golf tournament was held on September 22 at Granite Ridge Golf & Country Club in Milton. Thanks to the support of many vendors, partners, customers, and employees, the event raised $65,000 for […]
The Breakfast Club of Canada (BCC), in collaboration with Walmart Canada, broke its all-time fundraising record in 2021. This year’s campaign, which ran from September 28 to November 2 in Walmart Canada’s 400-plus stores and on its website, raised $4.1 million for school breakfast programs, including an $820,000 donation from Walmart Canada. The initiative helps […]
Canada’s largest food rescue organization, Second Harvest, and Value Chain Management International have released a new report titled “Canada’s Invisible Food Network”. The report found that there are over 61,000 non-profit organizations in Canada providing food at no or low cost to people in need, compared to the 15,344 grocery stores in this country. If you […]
On Tuesday, September 29, 146 golfers raised $40,000 in Flanagan Foodservice’s 32nd annual “We Care” Golf Tournament.
Patrisse Chan has introduced an online platform that allows consumers to send meals from local restaurants directly to frontline healthcare workers.
Press Release Since April 29, Uber has been putting its network of drivers to good use by having them deliver food to families in need on behalf of local community organizations. A total of 80,000 deliveries will make it possible for food bank items to be dropped off directly to the doorstep of families and children who […]
Press Release On Thursday, May 14 Walter Craft Caesar and Paul Mason, also known as Fashion Santa, are teaming up to celebrate National Caesar Day and raise funds for Canada’s largest food rescue charity, Second Harvest. The organization uses direct delivery and its FoodRescue.ca online donation platform to redistribute nutritious food from donors across Canada to […]
Press Release Charity Intelligence (CI) has released its 2019 Top 10 Canadian Impact Charities List and Moisson Montréal has been named one of Canada’s High Impact Charities. Charity Intelligence, a must-read for Canadians looking for impact in their giving, provides donors with an annual list of the top 10 highest-impact charities found in Canada, to […]
By Sophie Mir The emphasis on local, seasonal food has become de rigueur industry wide. What started as a trendy, nose-to-tail movement has been co-opted by giants like McDonald’s, which, amongst other things, touts its Canadian beef (from independent farmers, no less). It’s a good thing, but when everyone’s doing it, it ceases to differentiate […]
