Impact of the MealConnect platform created by Feeding America and funded by General Mills: n 43,000+ food businesses (grocery stores, restaurants, cafeterias) have donated their surplus food, creating billions of nourishing meals for food-insecure people. n 60+ food transport companies have used the platform n 3.1+ billion pounds of food recovered since 2014, equal to 2.6+ billion meals Food access Food recovery and distribution Food system insights and regeneration What is food recovery? Resources saved by recovering food Also known as food rescue, food recovery is the practice of intercepting or gleaning good surplus food that would otherwise go to waste from places such as restaurants, grocery stores, produce markets, or dining facilities and distributing it to local emergency food programs. Food recovery reduces GHG emissions and conserves natural resources. General Mills donated 49 million pounds of food in fiscal 2021. Based on the ReFED Insights Engine Impact Calculator (see next page), the impact of keeping that food out of landfills is equivalent to 1,925 passenger vehicles driven for 1 year. Learn more in the Planet section of this report. In the U.S., where 35% of all food goes unsold or uneaten, food waste is responsible for the following impacts:* 4% of U.S. GHG Emissions 14% of all Fresh Water Use 18% of all Cropland Use 24% of Landfill Inputs #1 material (EPA Estimate) *Source: ReFED We work with a variety of organizations around the world to increase food access and enable food recovery. Shown here are a few of our key partners and how their efforts intersect. Key hunger relief partners GENERAL MILLS GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY 60 Food Planet People Community