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It may only seem like a bowl of porridge , but for a lot of these children it is the only meal they will eat in the day , and the fact it ’ s administered in schools has a huge impact on school participation too .
“ When we started out , we were a very small donor , but we ’ ve now donated over 16 million meals ,” he concludes . “ Our customers buy around 70,000 meals per week , which means we donate the same number .
“ We ’ ve had rocky times economically as all young businesses do , where we ’ ve said , ‘ if it all goes under , at least we ’ ve donated millions of meals to those in need .’ From a founder ’ s perspective , it ’ s been another consistent mission and one that we ’ re very protective of . We will keep it in place , through good times and bad .” ■
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