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People COMMUNITY Community Stores Hunger Relief FY21 Results: Starbucks dedicated FY21 Results: FoodShare food donation program is available at 100% of its 21st company operated stores in the U.S. and Canada. In FY21, 10.4 million meals Community Store in the th were donated in the U.S. and 1.2 million meals were donated in Canada.11 U.S., and its 13 Community Store in Asia. Since 2016, Starbucks has been committed to the fight against hunger Starbucks Community Stores are through its innovative FoodShare food donation program in partnership ® dedicated to providing economic with Feeding America , Second Harvest Canada and other hunger-relief opportunity in rural and urban organizations. In FY21, FoodShare was scaled to 100% of company-operated communities across the U.S. These stores in the U.S. and Canada, resulting in 10.4 million meals donated and stores are focused on hiring locally, 12 13.8 million pounds of food diverted from waste streams in the U.S., and 1.2 creating dedicated space for million meals donated and 1.4 million pounds of food diverted from waste communities to come together for streams in Canada. Since FoodShare was launched in U.S. in 2016, 39.4 million events, featuring local artists and meals have been donated while we have diverted 47.3 million pounds of food working with diverse contractors from waste streams. FoodShare in Canada launched in 2019, and through the for store construction and remodels. end of FY21, 3 million meals have been donated, along with 3.3 million pounds In FY21, Starbucks dedicated its 21st of food diverted from waste streams. Starbucks hunger relief programs also “When you’re on the receiving end, every bit counts,” Community Store in the U.S. and the expanded to international markets, including the United Kingdom, Japan and th Mexico. 13 Community Store in Asia on the says Antonio Flores Sanchez. journey to opening 100 Community Since 2016, Starbucks has invested $ Stores by the end of 2025. 45 million into hunger relief efforts in It’s 10:30 p.m. on a recent Tuesday night, and the cars are still stop- $ the U.S., and in FY21 made a commitment to reinvest 100 million by 2030. and-go in the drive-thru line at the Starbucks Community Store in Additionally, in FY21, we announced a new $ 1.7 million donation to Feeding Watts. Inside, Antonio, the store manager, is checking his inventory of America to advance equitable access to nutritious food, building on $ 2.69 perishable food. Sandwiches, salads, pastries, wraps. Various protein million invested in food bank mobile pantry programs since 2019. The equitable food access grants were distributed to 16 local Feeding America boxes filled with vegetables, eggs, cheese and chicken. He rifles member food banks located near Starbucks Community Stores. The grants through them all, filling an orange tote with unsold products. are designed to help food banks provide nutritious food to households with He walks the box to a refrigerator in the back and putting it inside. individuals who are BIPOC and residing in communities experiencing high On Wednesday, a delivery truck will stop at one of the Los Angeles rates of food insecurity. Regional Food Bank’s warehouses, a 90,000-square foot storage and distribution center that processes four million pounds of food donations every week. Starbucks uses an innovative backhaul model, which means the same drivers who drop off the supplies at each Starbucks store also pick up the donation boxes, unlocking efficiencies and possibilities that didn’t exist before. Nearly 700 smaller, local agencies work with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to get food free of charge for their own programs, whether it’s a larger sub-angency or a kids’ backpack program or a senior- citizen home delivery service. Starbucks helps support mobile food banks and refrigerated vans to ensure that fresh food is delivered 11 The geographic scope of this data point includes all company-owned and operated safely and on time. It’s a story that happens thousands of times over, stores in the U.S. and Canada. at every company-operated Starbucks in the United States. 12 According to the USDA, 1.2 pounds of food is the equivalent to one meal.

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