Food firm's meals pledge

A UK company is pledging to buy one meal for the world’s most vulnerable and needy children every time it sells one of its new range of ‘brownie’ bars.

Bobbies Brownies co-founder, David Stretton-Downes, hopes to make a significant contribution to the work of Mary’s Meals, a charity that feeds 1.8 million children around the globe every school day.

‘When people enjoy a snack in the UK, they can be confident in a child receiving a nutritious meal in return,’ commented Stretton-Downes. ‘We are delighted play our small part in ending child hunger in our lifetime, enabling the next generation of thinkers to be equipped with good food as they learn!’

The company is committed to making financial donation to Mary’s Meals every time one of its products is purchased. Although the precise donation amount hasn’t been revealed, it is known that in the UK, the provision of a hot, nutritious meal costs as little as 25 pence. Elsewhere in the world, this cost is likely to be lower.

Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, founder and CEO of Mary’s Meals, added: ‘What’s  important to us is the hungry child. When there are hungry children in front of us today, we’re going to feed them, and at the same time we’re going to work on the solution to getting them fed in the long term, creating a global movement of people who believe in this vision.’

Launched during the height of lockdown in 2020, the Bobbies brownies brand is available via a growing number of Christian organisations and outlets.