A Worcestershire recruitment firm has donated 50 fresh pineapples and dozens of tins of fruit to a local foodbank to help celebrate International Pineapple Day.
Staff at Worcester-based Pineapple Recruitment, which specialises in providing staff for the hospitality and catering industries, have donated the fresh and tinned fruit to Worcester Foodbank for local families to enjoy over the coming weeks and months.
The kind gesture from the recruitment firm is part of its work to mark International Pineapple Day on 27 June, an initiative which is designed to celebrate the fruit’s role in eating healthy during the summer.
Kasia Krieger, Business Manager at Pineapple Recruitment said: “As a business, we obviously share the same name as the popular tropical fruit so we put our heads together to think about what we could do to celebrate this year’s International Pineapple Day.
“We have such a strong partnership with Worcester Foodbank that it was an easy decision to do something for them and the hundreds of people who rely on the foodbank. With that in mind, we have donated 50 large pineapples and dozens of tinned fruit to help people and their families enjoy different and more healthy fruit.
“The staff at Worcester Foodbank are renowned for the amazing job they do day in, day out. They help so many people across Worcester, so this is our way again of making a small contribution and helping more families in the area.”
Emma Green, Operations Coordinator from Worcester Foodbank said: “The team at Pineapple Recruitment continue to be so supportive of us and everything we do.
“We’re so pleased they decided to support us once again and International Pineapple Day is a perfect and fun way of doing so. The donation of fresh and tinned fruit forms an important part of our balanced food parcels, so it will be gratefully received.”
International Pineapple Day is celebrated every year on 27 June. The day honours the tropical fruit and its symbolism of hospitality. The celebration day started in 2011 and has since gained international recognition.
