rovide these products to the hungry via the three hunger organizations that collect and distribute them. Every year, America's Second Harvest distributes nearly two billion pounds of damaged or surplus food and grocery products to agencies that in turn provide the food directly to the hungry (America's Second Harvest, Food Donors).
Apart from donating their food products, corporations in the grocery industry, along with other corporations, also provide significant financial support to these hunger organizations. Because these hunger organizations perform multiple functions that require the extensive use of resources including transportation, packing materials and storage facilities, they are dependent on financial contributions from corporations (America's Second Harvest, Financial Donors). For example, Kraft Foods provides the funding for the trucks that are used by America's Second Harvest to transport perishable products such as fish, meat and poultry, as well as
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