Deliveroo to serve 500,000 free meals to NHS workers
300,000 of such meals will be from Pizza Hut.
Deliveroo is set to serve 500,000 meals frontline NHS workers across the country for free.
The delivery platform said it secured donations of 350,000 free meals from restaurants to date, led by Pizza Hut, who has pledged 300,000 meals, through its network of 700 stores across the UK.
Other meal donations include substantial offers from German Doner Kebab, Itsu, Lewis Hamilton’s plant-based Neat Burger restaurant and others.
Deliveroo has started delivering to NHS Trusts and said that it will increase this to deliver to more hospitals across the UK. Meals will be available over time as it works with individual hospitals to identify where need is greatest.
The platform also made changes to its app to enable customers to donate funds and buy a meal for a doctor or a nurse.
Deliveroo will also fundraising to support this campaign, raising funds from corporate and individual donations. All the money it raises will be committed to covering the cost of delivery or food whilst any excess funding raised will go to the NHS.
Deliveroo is expected to continue to deliver free food to the vulnerable, having recently worked with St. Mungo’s and other charities to deliver meals to homeless people sheltered in hotels in London.
