Thermo King Dealer Network, Ingersoll Rand Charitable Foundation
and Feeding America Bring Fresh Food and Nutrition to Urban Food Deserts
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
More than 40 million Americans struggle with hunger yet nearly $220
billion dollars of food is thrown away in the U.S. each year.
Thermo
King, the leader in transport temperature control solutions for a
variety of mobile applications and a brand of Ingersoll
Rand, together with the Ingersoll Rand Foundation and Feeding
America, recognize the imperative need to close this gap and are pleased
to announce a breakthrough social initiative.
The social initiative is called We Move Food™ and its mission is to make
it easier and more affordable for Feeding
America food banks to safely transport fresh food to families who
need it most. By providing funding for mobile food pantries and special
pricing on refrigeration products and services, food banks will be able
to access food deserts serving some of the hungriest cities in the U.S.
“We have a proud heritage of supporting our customers and their drivers
so that they can transport food safely and efficiently to people all
across the country and around the world,” said Ray Pittard, president of
Thermo King North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa. “Transport
refrigeration plays a critical role in eliminating waste and increasing
food stability, and we are pleased to leverage our strong Thermo King
Dealer network, our employees and the Ingersoll Rand Foundation to make
a difference in the nationwide effort to help end hunger.”
We Move Food includes a commitment to volunteerism and community
engagement. Ingersoll Rand employees from across the U.S. alongside
employees from the Thermo King dealer network, which is nearly 200
strong and located in all major U.S. cities, are volunteering at mobile
food pantries and food drives, reclaiming healthy food from retailers
and restaurants, and working with the community food banks to make their
operations run more efficiently and effectively.
“One in eight people in America may not know where they will find their
next meal,” said Karen Hanner, vice president of manufacturing product
sourcing at Feeding America. “Feeding America is grateful to Thermo King
and its dealer network, and to the Ingersoll Rand Foundation for its
commitment to helping children and families who struggle with hunger.
This partnership helps us achieve our goal of providing more nutritious
meals to people in need by providing assistance with transportation,
which can be one of the most challenging bottlenecks in sourcing and
distributing food.”
Thermo King and Ingersoll Rand have a national relationship with Feeding
America, a nationwide network of 200 food banks and the nation's leading
domestic hunger-relief charity. Ingersoll Rand’s roots are grounded in
addressing global trends like food stability, that impact the way that
we live, work and move. As part of the company’s commitment to
sustainability, it has set and is working toward achieving 2020
sustainability goals including supporting food stability and nutritional
education to 200,000 children through signature programs like We Move
Food. Ingersoll Rand has exceeded the goal, two years ahead of schedule.
About Ingersoll Rand and Thermo King
Ingersoll
Rand (NYSE:IR) advances the quality of life by creating comfortable,
sustainable and efficient environments. Our people and our family of
brands — including Club
Car®, Ingersoll
Rand®, Thermo
King® and Trane®
— work together to enhance the quality and comfort of air in homes and
buildings; transport and protect food and perishables; and increase
industrial productivity and efficiency. The Ingersoll Rand charitable
foundation centers on social and environmental imperatives that create
lasting value and improve our communities globally.
Thermo King Corp. was founded in 1938 and manufactures transport
temperature control systems for a variety of mobile applications,
including trailers, truck bodies, buses, shipboard containers and
railway cars. We are a $14 billion global business committed to a world
of sustainable progress and enduring results. For more information,
visit www.ingersollrand.com
or www.thermoking.com.
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