News Forum - SOS & Allianz Ayudhya hungry to feed Thailand

[Thaiger]

Scholars of Sustenance joined hands with Allianz Ayudhya to launch Thailand’s first Cloud Food Bank in a bid to redistribute over 600 tons of surplus food by the end of the year. Bangkok-based SOS is an international food rescue foundation committed to feeding people suffering from starvation while Allianz Ayudhya is a leading Thai insurance company with a conscience. Globally, about 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted every year while 830 million people suffer from starvation. Governments throughout the world continue to ignore the problem and it has been left to a number of philanthropists in different countries to […]

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[palooka]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

a leading Thai insurance company with a conscience

No such animal

[Outsider]

Admirable concept  but I suspect  more of a PR  action than any serious concern for the  starving poor. An international franchised outlet  here in Thailand exchanges food product  well before expiry date with the withdrawn item withdrawn from human consumption. 600 tons would likely be 1 weeks worth nationwide. Many supermarkets worldwide  have had laws enacted to make "dumpster diving " to recover daily  rejection illegal .  The world does not suffer from a food shortage even now. It suffers from the greed of corporate distribution and pricing controls afforded them  by political corruption !

[palooka]

Till the crims (scammers)  take notice and con their way in with their supposed ultimate distribution system and start charging for the food or redirecting it to their specified areas. Etc.