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Feeding Britain’s Future

Pilgrim's Tulip

The Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) is a research and training charity dedicated to the food and consumer goods industry. Pilgrim’s Tulip has a close relationship with IGD, particularly around their ‘Feeding Britain’s Future’ initiative. Feeding Britain’s Future is a program that provides employability skills training to secondary school students with the support of volunteers…

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Feeding Through FareShare

Pilgrim's Tulip

In 2019, Pilgrim’s Tulip donated more than 90,000 meals of product to FareShare, the U.K.’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 17 organizations. FareShare will distribute the donated product to more than 1,000 front line charities and community groups across the U.K. Pilgrim’s Moy Park is also a partner and supporter of…

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Mind

Pilgrim's Tulip

Pilgrim’s Tulip is in the third year of its primary charity partnership with Mind, a mental health charity. Mind believes that no one should have to face a mental health problem alone; everybody who works at Tulip is part of our family. Sometimes family members are affected by mental health issues that have a devastating…

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Bright Futures

Pilgrim's Tulip

Pilgrim’s Tulip is a proud founding business partner of the Bright Futures scheme. Through Bright Futures, victims of Modern Slavery are able to return to work via a four-week-paid work placement in our facilities and, if desired, receive a non-competitive interview for a permanent role. In 2019, Tulip placed eight people across our Ashton, Corsham…

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United Way Cornerstone Partner

JBS USA Headquarters

As a long-term, Cornerstone Partner of United Way, the JBS USA corporate headquarters in Greeley, CO, champions an annual campaign to support the local community through United Way of Weld County (UWWC) efforts. This year, the company raised $406,555 – the highest amount since 2015. To ensure 100 percent of team member donations go straight…

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Record-Breaking United Way Pledge

Worthington, MN, Pork Production Facility

At the end of 2019, the JBS USA Worthington, MN, pork team shattered their one-year-old record for giving to the United Way of Nobles County. The facility announced it was making a $167,496 pledge for the agency’s 2020 fundraising campaign, representing a 9.1% from the $153,544 donated by team members in 2019. United Way of…

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Apprenticeship Levy Fund

Pilgrim's Tulip

Tulip has a rich history of supporting the next generation through apprenticeships, graduate programs and training schemes. In 2017, the U.K. government announced the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy. Every U.K. organization with a payroll of £2 million or more is automatically enrolled into the scheme. Tulip’s apprenticeship levy has over £1 million available, and…

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Farm Africa

Pilgrim's Moy Park

In 2015, Pilgrim’s Moy Park announced its partnership with Farm Africa and its goal of raising an ambitious £100,000 for the charity over a three year period. Farm Africa aims to end hunger and stimulate prosperity in rural Africa, working shoulder to shoulder with farmers and local communities and providing them with the right seeds,…

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The Moy Park Challenge

Pilgrim's Moy Park

In 2011, Pilgrim’s Moy Park partnered with leading business education charity Young Enterprise Northern Ireland to inspire primary school students from Craigavon to get involved in business and enterprise. Each year, the program is promoted via the annual Moy Park Challenge, in which primary school children are able to participate in an interactive, business-related competition…

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FareShare

Pilgrim's Moy Park

Pilgrim’s Moy Park has contributed over 300,000 meals to FareShare, the U.K.’s largest food redistribution charity. FareShare aims to tackle hunger by redistributing surplus food to charities that then turn it in to meals. Pilgrim’s Moy Park joined forces with FareShare in March 2015 and has provided over 130 tonnes of fresh surplus chicken to…

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