Lactalis South Africa Announces Its Partnership With FoodForward SA
Lactalis South Africa Announces Its Partnership With FoodForward SA. Lactalis South Africa formerly known as Parmalat has announced its partnership with FoodFoward SA in order to help solve the food waste crisis.
Lactalis is committed to sustainable social development through social investments while recognising that mere social investment is not enough and that effective and long-term corporate social investment requires a well-managed process aimed at sustainability. Tackling food waste is a critical part of that effort. Through Lactalis’s ongoing partnership with FoodForward SA, they have generously donated quality surplus dairy products, thereby mitigating excess food loss and waste, while feeding vulnerable people and saving the environment. Their recent donation of an incredible 40 pallets of dairy products was received at all its seven branches across the country.
Established in 2009 to address widespread hunger in South Africa, FoodForward SA connects a world of excess to a world of need by recovering quality edible surplus food from the consumer goods supply chain and distributing it to community organisations that serve the poor. More than 80% of the food recovered is nutritious food. FoodForward SA is the largest food redistribution organisation in South Africa. It implements a model called food banking. Retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers, farmers and growers partner with the company to recover their edible surplus food and distribute it responsibly to provide greater access to food for vulnerable groups across the country.
Lactalis South Africa is the new name for Parmalat SA. The name change came into effect on 1 February 2020. The Lactalis Group is a family-led company guided by a passion for dairy that was founded in 1933 by André Besnier in Laval in the west of France. The company’s brands include cheeses under the Parmalat, Galbani, Président and Melrose brands, flavoured milks such as Steri Stumpie, a range of creamy yoghurts and long life milks, butter, ice cream, cream and fruit juice.
