foodpanda DONATION TO FOOD BANK SINGAPORE

SINGAPORE, October 24, 2014 – More than twenty families in Singapore will benefit from foodpanda’s donation after their campaign against hunger “You Say. We Donate”. foodpanda (www.foodpanda.sg), Singapore’s leading mobile and online food ordering marketplace, visited the Food Bank Singapore today and donated food on behalf on their fans.

On World Food Day, October 16^th and October 17^th, foodpanda started the “You Say. We Donate” campaign to encourage active public participation. foodpanda invited all Facebook users to comment on the type of food they would like foodpanda to donate. Visitors chose items ranging from milk to bread by simply commenting on the foodpanda Facebook Fan Page.

The participation of the public makes it possible for foodpanda to deliver 80 kilos of rice, 18 packs of milk powder, 17 bags of potatoes, 20 loaves of bread and 10 packets of noodles to Food Bank Singapore, an amount that will go into feeding more than twenty families.

Food Bank Singapore was really pleased with the donation. “We are very thankful to receive so much food from foodpanda and our beneficiaries will be very happy also. Let the Feeding begin!” Miss Shermain Pea, Management Associate, Food Bank Singapore (www.foodbank.sg) commented when foodpanda mascot appeared with the bags of food.

This initiative gave everyone the opportunity to fight hunger in the community and foodpanda was thrilled to be able to make a difference together with all the comments received on Facebook.