FOOD delivery company Deliveroo has has served up hundreds of free hot meals to NHS staff, essential workers and vulnerable groups across Warrington.
It is part of a pledge to make 500,000 free meals available to frontline NHS workers and vulnerable groups across the UK.
Deliveroo has been making weekly deliveries from Pizza Hut to healthcare workers and medical professionals working tirelessly in Warrington over the past month, and is set to continue over the coming weeks.
Deliveroo has already delivered 200,000 meals to NHS hospitals, including: St Mary’s Hospital London, Great Ormond Street Hospital and North Middlesex Hospital. The company has expanded its fleet of vans to do more large-scale deliveries to hospitals across the UK. They have also supported other groups on the front line of fighting COVID-19, such as care home staff and homeless shelters.
Food for delivery to NHS hospitals has been donated by Deliveroo’s restaurant partners, led by Pizza Hut, including others such as German Doner Kebab, Itsu, Burger King, KFC, Neat Burger, Bella Italia and others.
Deliveroo has raised £1.5m from customer donations and corporate funding to support free meals for NHS workers. Lead corporate partner American Express joined forces to ensure Deliveroo is in a position to deliver all 500,000 meals for free to NHS staff in their workplace.
Deliveroo has also enabled tens of thousandsof NHS workers to order a free meal to their homes via the platform, with £20 meal vouchers. This initiative is also backed by lead corporate partner American Express and other donors, including the Reuben Foundation.
In total, the value of food donated to Deliveroo for the ‘Support the NHS’ initiative and the money raised from consumers and corporates amounts to over £3.5m.
A Spokesperson for Deliveroo said: “It’s truly heartwarming to see the way the UK have shown their support for our heroic NHS workers during these unprecedented times. We’re proud that with the generous contributions made by our customers and corporate donors, we have provided hospitals in Warrington with a hot meal, to make sure doctors and nurses working around the clock have one less thing to worry about.”
