Food Rescue

While figures in the Philippines are not readily available, it is estimated that 25% to 30% of the food that passes through our kitchens goes to waste.

This is one of the major motivations behind Better World Tondo (BWT), San Miguel’s first Better World community center. Located at the epicenter of communities marred by hunger and grinding poverty, the community center primarily focuses on food waste and hunger, while also acting as a learning center that works at improving academic outcomes. Together with the hunger relief organization, Rise Against Hunger Philippines (RAHP), we distribute food that would otherwise be destined to a landfill to society’s most vulnerable, where a day’s meal consists of food scraps collected from a nearby dump.

Since opening in 2019, BWT has received donations worth roughly 87 million PhP. Over a three-year period, the estimated amount of food diverted from landfills donated by San Miguel is 1,768 MT. In 2022 alone, BWT received over 85 MT of food and beverage products from various companies, enough to feed 23,455 families and serve 76,962 meals.

In addition, as RAHP manages a national network of redistribution charities, SMC is also able to provide surplus food to urban centers in Visayas and Mindanao.

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