"Our food rescue program in partnership with Second Harvest has tremendous and tangible impact by directly providing fresh and healthy food to those in our communities who currently rely on non-profit food charities to meet their family's grocery needs," said Kristi Lalach, senior vice president of legal and sustainability, Empire Co. Ltd. "In the three years since the partnership formed, we have been so proud to tackle surplus food to this scale—and every day we are humbled by the enthusiasm of our food rescue ambassadors who make this possible in our stores."
Food is identified for rescue and diverted when there is an excess or otherwise cannot be sold. In addition to directly addressing food insecurity in Canada, Empire's food rescue program prevents 45.5 million kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions from release each year.
