Third-annual Delicious Difference Week celebrates year-round commitment to volunteering, ongoing effort to fight hunger and promote healthy lifestyles
Published 10-31-11
Submitted by Kraft Foods Inc.
/PRNewswire/ - From rural China to the streets of Mexico City, a record number of Kraft Foods employees volunteered in 72 countries this month to fight hunger and promote healthy lifestyles. At more than 800 events across the globe, 25,000 employees packed food for the hungry, planted community gardens, educated at-risk youth about health and nutrition, supported disaster relief efforts, and provided aid to the elderly, disabled and low-income families.
"This year's Delicious Difference Week was the largest, most impactful volunteer event in our history," said Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO, who volunteered at the Greater Chicago Food Depository to help pack more than 10,000 pounds of food for the hungry. Rosenfeld also volunteered as a guest gym instructor at Namaste Charter School to teach children about the importance of active living. "I'm so proud that our employees are part of the fabric of their communities – making a delicious difference year after year."
Below are examples of employee volunteer efforts from around the world:
Teaming up with nonprofit partners to make a difference
Kraft Foods partners with hundreds of nonprofit organizations to make Delicious Difference Week events possible. Those include Feeding America, Helen Keller International, KaBOOM!, Save the Children and INMED Partnerships for Children.
Through Delicious Difference Week and multiyear programs funded by the Kraft Foods Foundation, Kraft Foods and its employees fight hunger and promote healthy lifestyles on almost every continent. Over the past 25 years, the company and the Foundation have donated more than $1 billion in cash, food and humanitarian aid globally.
About Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is a global snacks powerhouse with an unrivaled portfolio of brands people love. Proudly marketing delicious biscuits, confectionery, beverages, cheese, grocery products and convenient meals in approximately 170 countries, Kraft Foods had 2010 revenue of $49.2 billion. Twelve of the company's iconic brands – Cadbury, Jacobs, Kraft, LU, Maxwell House, Milka, Nabisco, Oreo, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Tang and Trident – generate revenue of more than $1 billion annually. On Aug. 4, 2011, Kraft Foods announced plans to divide and create two independent public companies: a high-growth global snacks business and a high-margin North American grocery business. The transaction will take at least 12 months to complete, during which time plans regarding the structure, management, governance and other matters will be announced. A leader in innovation, marketing, health & wellness and sustainability, Kraft Foods is a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's 500, Dow Jones Sustainability Index and Ethibel Sustainability Index. Visit kraftfoodscompany.com and facebook.com/kraftfoodscorporate.
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