Pepsi Marshals Distribution Center Workers to Feed the Hungry During Holidays

PepsiCo's 35th Street Distribution Center in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood packaged and sent 4,000 holiday meals to needy city families through its "Holiday Hunger" volunteer event on Thursday, December 14, 2023.

Part of the company's Food for Good program, a international food security initiative that's delivered more than 270 million meals around the globe, PepsiCo Beverages North America's local holiday food support also included thousands of additional meals packed and sent from two other facilities in Chicago and Oak Forest, Illinois.

PepsiCo's Food for Good van is ready to transport holiday meals from its 35th Street Distribution Center.The meals are sent "to community partners dedicated to helping those in need throughout Chicago," the company stated in an announcement. This includes New Life Centers, Project Impact 180, Dream Academy Foundation, the University of Illinois Chicago's Pop-Up Pantry and Project HOOD.

Shelf-Stable, Nutritious Food

In November 2023, the company distributed 8,000 meals locally through its Food for Good program.

The holiday meals packed for families by Pepsi's McKinley Park workers included bottles of milk, juice boxes, entrees of pasta and vegetables, fruit cups and cereal pouches.

This is "nutritious, shelf-stable ... meals for local distribution to neighbors," the company said.