The owner estimates with the amount of cancelled food his shop has each day, he could donate more than 20 pizzas a week, which led the store to contact the non-profit.
WATCH ABOVE: A pizza shop in Edmonton has found a way to give back, while making sure none of their delicious food goes to waste. Despite the initiative starting this weekend, the giving will last all year long. Jasmine King has more on their efforts to feed those who are struggling.A pizza shop in northwest Edmonton has found a way to give back while making sure none of its fresh food goes to waste. The initiative started this weekend, but the giving will last all year long.
“Usually, late at night after 2 a.m. when people had a little too much alcohol or something, you go to the door they don’t open, so we have a lot of food that comes back to us,” he said. “We just starting it this Thanksgiving weekend and we’re going to implement it for the whole year and just continue on,” he said. “If people want to call in and they need help, they need a slice or whatever you need, just help out.”Hope Mission provides over 1,000 meals a day and told Global News that this past summer, the need increased.
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