TL;DR
MOD Pizza and its franchisees have raised $239,000 to fight childhood hunger, supporting charities and providing community meal-packing events. The donation will fund meal-packing events and aid community food banks and feeding programs across the US.
The donation will provide support in the following ways:
MOD will fund five high-energy community meal-packing events in partnership with Generosity Feeds, a nonprofit committed to ending childhood hunger in the US. The events bring together hundreds of volunteers who pack tens of thousands of compact and nutritionally dense meals for local school backpack programs and food banks. To date, MOD has hosted over 75 meal packing events and created more than one million meals.
Aid sixteen community food banks and feeding programs across the US, each working to end food insecurity in their communities.
“We have built MOD with the intention to positively impact as many lives as possible. In fact, we often say that pizza is just a front for our true purpose. MOD exists to serve people and our Spreading MODness week highlights one of the many ways we work to be of service,” said Ally Svenson, co-founder and Chief Purpose Officer, MOD Pizza. “For our customers, it was simple – every pizza they enjoyed, helped to feed a child. This is the ripple of effect of Spreading MODness, and we’re grateful for everyone who helped to support this mission.”
MOD’s individual artisan-style pizzas are made on demand, allowing customers to create their own pizzas and salads with any combination of over 30 toppings, all for one incredible price. With 465+ locations system-wide*, MOD is committed to creating not only a cool place to eat, but an inspired place to work. MOD recently earned a spot on the Fortune 2019 “Change the World” list, for its purpose-led culture and commitment to provide opportunities to individuals with barriers to employment.
The Company has also been named America’s fastest growing chain restaurant by Technomic for four years running and named the most loved pizza brand by Foodable Network. MOD has earned a spot on the Inc.5000 list and has been recognized by Fortune as one of the “20 Best Workplaces in Retail,” a “Best Workplace for Women,” a “Best Workplace for Millennials,” and a “Best Workplace for Diversity.”
*The term “system-wide” refers to all company-operated and licensed store locations. **The trademarks MOD, MOD Pizza, and the MOD Shield, are owned by MOD Super Fast Pizza, LLC.
Since 2011, Generosity Feeds has focused on making a local impact in the fight to end child hunger in America. By uniting community members, local businesses, civic groups, and other organizations around the creation of meals Generosity Feeds is providing children struggling with hunger an opportunity to thrive. To learn more or to get involved, visit www.generosityfeeds.org.
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This story was originally published in Franchising.com on January 9, 2020. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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