Denise Osterhues SPECIAL EVENT Virtual Event - Food Loss and Waste – Can we end it by 2030 while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic? Co-Organized by IFPRI, Champions 12.3, Embassy of Denmark in Washington, DC, World Resources Institute (WRI) MAY 12, 2020 - 09:00 AM TO 10:15 AM EDT

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Here for Everyone
Denise Osterhues
Sustainability& Community Engagement
The Kroger Co.
President, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation

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Mission: Create communities free of hunger and waste
• Achieved 3-year goal of 1B meals by 2020
• Next target: 3B meals by 2025
• Zero waste by 2020; zero food waste by 2025
COVID: Greater urgency to act
• Build more resilient food system & communities
Zero Hunger | Zero Waste

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Our Focus
Funds
• The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation
– Emergency COVID-19 Fund
• Accelerate innovative solutions
• $7M in giving to national & local partners so far
Food
• Continued retail food rescue, support food banks
• Prepared meals
• Dairy Rescue Program
– Quickly scaled Michigan pilot
– Rescue surplus milk
– 200,000 gallons through summer

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Looking Forward
Create more resilient communities
• Continued focus on ESG topics & sustainability goals
– Supply chain engagement on food waste: WRI 10x20x30 Initiative
• Collaboration & innovation
• Public-private partnerships
www.Kroger.com
www.thekrogerco.com
Denise.Osterhues@Kroger.com
www.linkedin.com/in/denise-osterhues
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