{"id":17979,"date":"2022-08-04T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=17979"},"modified":"2022-08-03T19:42:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T19:42:01","slug":"deliveroo-and-emirates-red-crescent-to-deliver-food-boxes-across-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/08\/04\/deliveroo-and-emirates-red-crescent-to-deliver-food-boxes-across-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Deliveroo and Emirates Red Crescent to deliver food boxes across UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nDeliveroo has partnered with Emirates Red Crescent for the launch of its Full Life campaign, which aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/07\/28\/doha-festival-city-qatar-hosts-organ-donation-drive\/\">donate<\/a> food boxes to communities in need across the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign, running until October 31, was first launched by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/07\/13\/deliveroo-and-choitrams-partner-for-grocery-delivery\/\">Deliveroo<\/a> in the UK last year as part of its global environmental, social and governance strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Full Life also marks the platform\u2019s efforts to battle food instabilities and support local communities in need across the markets it operates in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/07\/12\/doha-festival-city-partners-with-qatar-charity-to-provide-relief-aid\/\">Food boxes<\/a> are available in five sizes, ranging from AED50 to AED500 in price.<\/p>\n<p>The boxes include varying amounts of essential items, such as rice, wheat, sugar, milk, oils, canned food, pasta, lentils, juice and tea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of Deliveroo, I would like to thank Emirates Red Crescent for joining forces to launch our Full Life campaign in the UAE,\u201d said Anis Harb, general manager of Deliveroo\u2019s operations in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Full Life campaign is a global commitment Deliveroo has pledged to, and I am proud to see it launched here in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re honoured to extend our platform for the cause as the spirit of donation and kindness has always been, and will continue to be, a leading driver of what we do at Deliveroo.<\/p>\n<p>Emirates Red Crescent will distribute the food boxes to various communities in need across the country, including orphans, widows and low-income individuals and groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis collaboration with Deliveroo is a great way to reach out to the large UAE public looking to assist and support those in need,\u201d said Mohammed Ahmad Al Yammahi, head of preparedness programs at the non-profit organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely honoured to be working closely with the team at Deliveroo, and look forward to seeing not just the short-term benefits of the campaign but also the rippling effect of the entire nation coming together in support and making a sizeable impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shoppers can purchase food boxes on the Deliveroo mobile application or website by navigating to the Emirates Red Crescent page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food and grocery delivery platform partners with UAE non-profit organisation to deliver essential food items to vulnerable communities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":17722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,1323,1],"tags":[278,3947,3966],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17998,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17979\/revisions\/17998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}