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FreshDirect and City Harvest Team Up to Feed New York's Neediest for the Holidays and Every Day

Posted on: Friday, 21 December 2007, 18:00 CST

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- As New York City gears up for the approaching holiday season, FreshDirect and City Harvest are continuing to work hard to help the city's neediest neighbors enjoy a home-cooked meal. FreshDirect, one of the nation's leading online gourmet food purveyors and delivery services, and City Harvest, a non-profit food rescue program, are ensuring every day that surplus food doesn't go to waste but to the New York families that need it the most.

As one of City Harvest's largest food suppliers, FreshDirect has donated over 110,000 pounds of food this holiday season, helping to put meals on the tables of 440,000 hungry New Yorkers. This year, FreshDirect was recognized by City Harvest for "extraordinary dedication," and the online gourmet food purveyor intends to maintain that level of commitment through the coming years.

"We are so grateful to Fresh Direct for their commitment to fighting hunger in our city" said Jennifer McLean, Vice President of Operations for City Harvest. "Since we began working with them in 2004, Fresh Direct has donated over 3 million pounds of fresh food including tons of meat, poultry and dairy products; items that are in short supply at city soup kitchens and food pantries."

Some facts about the work FreshDirect does with City Harvest: -- Last year, FreshDirect gave City Harvest more than 1,082,000 pounds of fresh, wholesome food. -- FreshDirect ranks among City Harvest's top five food donors (among more than 1,900 last year). -- FreshDirect food donations travel to hundreds of City Harvest's local partner programs. These efforts feed more than 260,000 hungry men, women and children every week. About City Harvest

Now serving New York City for 25 years, City Harvest is the world's first food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the city's hungry men, women, and children. This year, City Harvest will collect 20 million pounds of excess food from all segments of the food industry, including restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to more than 600 community food programs throughout New York City using a fleet of 16 trucks and volunteers on foot. Each week, City Harvest helps over 260,000 hungry New Yorkers find their next meal.

About FreshDirect

Founded in 1999, FreshDirect is one of the nation's leading online meals and fresh food manufacturing and delivery services. FreshDirect is setting a new standard for fresh food production and distribution by offering unparalleled quality, product customization, and value pricing from its state-of-the-art kitchen facility in Long Island City. The company is expanding rapidly and currently serves most of Manhattan and locations in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, as well as parts of New Jersey, Westchester, and Nassau County. The company's vision is to change consumers' lives by providing the ultimate shopping experience for impossibly fresh food and meal solutions. The company currently has over 250,000 customers and has fulfilled over 6 million orders since opening for business in September 2002. Additional information can be found at http://www.freshdirect.com/.

FreshDirect

CONTACT: Kristy Rivera of MWW Group, for FreshDirect, +1-212-827-3754,krivera@mww.com

Web site: http://www.freshdirect.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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