UberEats driven to Feed Melbourne

IT HAS been just over a year since UberEats arrived in Melbourne and now the food delivery service wants to give something back.

UberEats driver partner Gonzalo Mendoza and chef Shane Delia, outside Biggie Smalls, show their support for the Feed Melbourne Appeal. Picture: Josie Hayden

IT HAS been just over a year since UberEats arrived in Melbourne and now the food delivery service wants to give something back.

For every new customer who signs up before May 18, the company will donate $10 to the Feed Melbourne Appeal.

“As a token of our appreciation for the huge welcome and support Melbourne has given us over the past year, we’re working with Feed Melbourne to give back to our local community,” UberEats Melbourne general manager Jodie Auster said.

“With nearly 90,000 people going hungry in Melbourne every month, we’re hoping to raise $50,000 to help Feed Melbourne provide meals for those that cannot afford to eat.”

In April last year Melbourne became the third city outside the US to get UberEats, following Toronto and Paris.

It expanded has since into Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Ms Auster urged new customers to use the promo code ‘FEEDMEL’ when signing up, to support the Feed Melbourne Appeal.

The appeal was started by Leader Community News and food charity FareShare, and strives to help Victorian charities boost their capacity and collect more food to help people in need.

Food banks and community meals programs can apply for grants of up to $15,000 to help them improve their storage or kitchens and make the most of rescued food.

Charities can also apply for food, as well as equipment, to help them meet the growing demand for their services.

Donations of $2 and over are tax deductible and every dollar raised by the appeal goes to charities helping people in need.

Two thirds of the amount raised is granted to suburban and regional food charities, while FareShare receives the remaining third.

This year Newman’s Own Foundation, started by the late Hollywood star Paul Newman, is supporting the appeal.

And at Woolworths stores, customers will be invited to add a $2 Feed Melbourne raffle ticket to their shopping, with $20,000 worth of groceries to be won.