{"id":1970,"date":"2018-12-04T15:54:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T14:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/104.248.25.216:201\/?page_id=1970"},"modified":"2023-10-24T08:40:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T06:40:49","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amealforameal.com\/de\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8220;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8220;1693&#8243; img_size=&#8220;884&#215;550&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8220;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: black;\"><span>A Meal for A Meal was launched in 2016 as the Romy Foods global food programme with the aim of helping defeat global hunger.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><span>Our story started when Rickard Gillblad, Romy Foods CEO and founder came across a map showing how much food is wasted in Europe and the level of famine in Africa, country by country. Touched by the numbers, he thought that scratching off the food waste in Europe and supplying it to children in Africa would help solve the problem. With this in mind, the Romy Foods system was created.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8220;52px&#8220;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Today, for every meal served worldwide through Romy Foods, we reduce food waste by approximately 180g which is the same amount of local food we buy back in Africa and serve as one meal. Hence, A Meal for A Meal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Our Meal counter below provides a real-time update of the number of children benefiting from A Meal for A Meal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8220;52px&#8220;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][cms_counter_single title=&#8220;Meal Count&#8220; digit=&#8220;1618455&#8243; layout_mode=&#8220;2&#8243; cms_template=&#8220;cms_counter_single.php&#8220;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8220;52px&#8220;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.com.mt\/articles\/2016-07-24\/local-news\/Maltese-company-tackling-African-famine-one-meal-at-a-time-6736161439\"><span>Interview with Rickard Gillblad on The Malta Independent<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Maltese Company Tackling African Famine One Meal at a Time.<\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8220;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8220;1693&#8243; img_size=&#8220;884&#215;550&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8220;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]A Meal for A Meal was launched in 2016 as the Romy Foods global food programme with the aim of helping defeat global hunger. Our story started when Rickard Gillblad, Romy Foods CEO and founder came across a map showing how much food is wasted in Europe and the level of famine in Africa, country by country. Touched by the numbers, he thought that scratching off the food waste in Europe and supplying it to children in Africa would help solve the problem. With this in mind, the Romy Foods system was created.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8220;52px&#8220;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today, for every meal served worldwide through Romy Foods, we reduce food waste by approximately 180g which is the same amount of local food we buy back in Africa and serve as one meal. Hence, A Meal for A Meal. Our Meal counter below provides a real-time update of the number of children benefiting from A Meal for A Meal. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8220;52px&#8220;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][cms_counter_single title=&#8220;Meal Count&#8220; digit=&#8220;1618455&#8243; layout_mode=&#8220;2&#8243; cms_template=&#8220;cms_counter_single.php&#8220;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8220;52px&#8220;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Interview with Rickard Gillblad on The Malta Independent Maltese Company Tackling African Famine One Meal at a Time. 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