SPC Donates Refrigerated Trucks to Food Banks Nationwide: "Delivering Food Safely to Neighbors in Need"

Delivered to Food Bank Sites in Gyeongbuk Seongju and Jeonbuk Namwon
A Total of 8 Vehicles Donated Since Last Year... 10 Vehicles Planned by Next Year

SPC Group's social welfare foundation, ‘SPC Haengbokhan Foundation,’ announced on the 29th that it donated two refrigerated trucks (cargo vehicles equipped with freezing functions) for food delivery to the Korea National Council on Social Welfare's nationwide Food Bank.

The nationwide Food Bank operates 436 local branches across the country, running social welfare projects that collect food and daily necessities donations and deliver them to vulnerable groups in need.

At the food bank food delivery vehicle handover ceremony held on the 28th at SPC Future Creation Center in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, (from left) Jo Nam-gwon, Secretary General of the Korea National Council on Social Welfare, Im Sook-hee, Head of Namwon City Council Basic Food Bank, Kim Soon-ja, Manager of Seongju Basic Food Bank, Kim Ha-yeon, Manager of Namwon City Council Basic Food Bank, and Lee Sang-eon, Vice President of SPC Group, are posing for a commemorative photo.

In October 2022, SPC Group signed a business agreement with the Korea National Council on Social Welfare to strengthen the delivery system of the nationwide Food Bank and improve the working environment of its employees. They have been supporting refrigerated trucks for food delivery to help ensure that donated food is delivered safely and promptly.

This time, SPC Group delivered one new vehicle each to the Food Banks in ▲Gyeongbuk Seongju and ▲Jeonbuk Namwon, and including the six vehicles delivered last year to Jeonju, Sokcho, Namwon, Yeongwol, Geochang, and Cheongwon, a total of eight vehicles have been donated. SPC Group plans to donate a total of 10 Food Bank delivery vehicles by next year.

At the ‘Donation Food Delivery Vehicle Handover Ceremony’ held on the 28th at SPC Mirae Changjo Center in Shindaebang, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, attendees included Cho Nam-kwon, Secretary General of the Korea National Council on Social Welfare, representatives from the Seongju and Namwon Food Bank branches, and Lee Sang-eon, Vice President of SPC Group. On this day, SPC Group delivered 2,000 SPC Samlip bread products loaded onto the vehicles along with the handover.

Kim Soon-ja, in charge of the Seongju Basic Food Bank, said, “We have been delivering food to neighbors in need for 20 years since 2004, but as the vehicles aged, it was always worrisome to drive up and down the mid-slope of Mt. Gayasan. Thanks to SPC Group’s vehicle donation, we can now safely and comfortably reach those in need.”

Lee Sang-eon, Vice President of SPC Group, said, “I heard that many places applied for delivery vehicle support, and I regret that we could not support more. Chairman Heo Young-in and all SPC Group employees will continue to work harder for a world where everyone can be happy.”

SPC Group has been donating food since the Food Bank project began in 1998. The cumulative donation amount by SPC Group and its affiliated franchise stores is approximately 310 billion KRW, making it the company with the largest donation since the Food Bank project started. In recognition of this contribution, SPC Group received the Minister of Health and Welfare Award at the Food Bank 25th Anniversary Ceremony in October 2023.

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