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Funding for refrigerated
equipment and trucks
The Carrefour Foundation is increasing its sup-
port for the purchase of equipment and ins-
tallations, such as cold rooms and freezers, as
well as refrigerated vehicles that enable NGOs
tomaintain high quality and optimal transport
of food products. This funding helps to increase
the collection, storage and distribution capacity
for fresh products, as well as helping to main-
tain food quality and safety by respecting the
cold chain.
FRANCE –
The Carrefour Foundation helped to
purchase 12 refrigerated vehicles and 4 cold
rooms for different branches of Food Banks,
for a total of €209,000. It also co-funded two
vehicles and four cold rooms for
Restaurants
du Cœur
at a cost of €50,000, as well as freez-
ers and display cabinets for the Anatoth social
grocery store for almost €14,000. Meanwhile,
Secours populaire français
received aid total-
ling €15,000 to enable them to purchase a
refrigerated vehicle, as did the
Association
d’entraides du Calaisis (AEC)
, which helps resi-
dents in difficulty.
SPAIN –
The purchase of eight vehicles, seven
of which are refrigerated, facilitated the actions
of Food Banks in eight regions throughout the
country.
ARGENTINA –
12 Food Banks were equipped
with a range of installations, including racks,
pallet trucks, cold rooms and scales, thanks to
a grant of €103,000. This initiative enabled a
20% increase in the volume of food collected
and a 15% increase in fresh products handled.
ROMANIA –
The funding of two additional
vehicles made it possible to support the non-
profit association Angel Smile in its distribu-
tion of fresh products, such as cold meats,
breads and pastries, sandwiches and dairy
products, to the homeless in Bucharest.
TAIWAN –
The co-funding of a refrigerated
truck and six cold rooms enabled an increase
in the volumes collected and should therefore
make it possible for the Kaohsiung Food Bank
to help three times more families.
Supporting
and facilitating
the logistics
of donations
and collections
Access to food is a priority issue for the Carrefour
Foundation’s collaborationwithNGOs.
Well informed of their needs, it provides logistic
support by funding, for example, the purchase
of refrigerated vehicles and cold rooms in the
different countries inwhich the Group is present.
The objective: to optimise donations
by extending the collection area covered and
tomaintain thequality and freshness of the
products sorted and donated by store employees.
Over
280
refrigerated vehicles
and 55 cold rooms
funded since 1994
160,000
meals collected
each year
thanks to the purchase
of a truck
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/ 2015 ACTIVITY REPORT