Record-breaking food drive with community partners

10 Oct 2016

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Setting a record at the WSOY Community Food Drive, Illinois, US, with the help of our employees and community partners.

10 October 2016 (Decatur, IL, US) – Tate & Lyle and its employees joined forces with other partners from across the Decatur, Illinois community to help radio station WSOY’s Community Food Drive hit a new donation record – collecting more than 1,400,895 pounds (635 metric tonnes) of food for local families in need in just 12 hours.

The WSOY Community Food Drive is one of the largest single-day food drives in the US and is celebrating 15 years and over 6.5 million pounds (2,948 metric tonnes) of food donations. Tate & Lyle has been a long-standing partner of this event.

Last year, 1.271 (577 metric tonnes) million pounds of food was collected during the twelve-hour radio broadcast and, this year, organizers set the goal of 1.3 million pounds (589 metric tonnes).

“This is an outstanding result and testament to community partnership,” says Jennifer Walker, Manager, Communications and Community Relations, Tate & Lyle. “And, we are proud to have supported the drive in a number of ways – from incentives for local schools, a corporate donation and individual donations coming from our own employees. Our congratulations go out to everyone who joined the effort and helped to make a difference for families in our community.”

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Tate & Lyle recently acquired CP Kelco, a leading provider of pectin, speciality gums and other nature-based ingredients to create a leader in mouthfeel, significantly enhancing our solutions capabilities. Following this combination, we now have more than 5,000 employees working in around 75 locations in 39 countries, serving customers in more than 120 countries. Science, Solutions, Society is our brand promise and how we will achieve our purpose of Transforming Lives through the Science of Food. By living our purpose, we believe we can successfully grow our business and have a positive impact on society. We live our purpose in three ways, by supporting healthy living, building thriving communities and caring for our planet.

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