Expanding food access

We work with partners to make food more available.

Partners in Food Solutions can reduce the under 5-year-old death rate. (Video, 4:44)

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One of the ways we fight hunger is through Partners in Food Solutions. 

More than 300 General Mills employees volunteered to build the program.

It's a non-profit organization that brings together the business and technical expertise of global food companies to help local food processors in Africa. 

Here's an update on more than a decade of their work.

Millions in support

In 2020, General Mills invested $9 million in innovative food access programs to ensure children from lower-income households had meals during school closures around the world. In 2020 7 billion meals worldwide were enabled by our food donations and philanthropic partners, including the Global FoodBanking Network and Feeding America.

Our partnership with Feeding America began in 1977. It features:

• Food donations.
• Cause marketing programs.
• Service to local volunteerism.
• Foundation grants.

In fiscal 2020, General Mills produced $5 million worth of food for donation to the Feeding America network in response to COVID-19 pandemic and support for emergency food assistance, resulting in 4.2 million meals. 

More COMMUNITY in our interactive Global Responsibility Report.