Princeton, NJ – July 8, 2025 – Share My Meals proudly marks the three-year anniversary of its partnership with Novo Nordisk, a leading global pharma company deeply committed to sustainability and community well-being. In partnership with Novo Nordisk, Share My Meals has delivered more than 17,000 meals and recovered over 25,000 pounds of food from ending up in landfills.
Novo Nordisk was among the first companies to support Share My Meals’ mission of fighting food insecurity and food waste in New Jersey. The cafeteria at Novo Nordisk, run by Sodexo, serves a wide variety of food options for their employees. At the end of food service, Sodexo kitchen staff portion the surplus meals into reusable trays provided by Share My Meals. Volunteers and drivers from Share My Meals collect the meals from Novo Nordisk and deliver it to families, as well as community partners such as Anchor House and the Boys & Girls Club of Mercer County.
“Novo Nordisk is dedicated to not just treating chronic diseases but to preventing the diseases in the first place. That’s why we are thrilled to work with Share My Meals to build healthier communities”, said Jennifer Duck, Vice President, Public Affairs at Novo Nordisk. By addressing food waste and food insecurity, we are proud of the impact we’ve made over the past three years with Share My Meals, and we look forward to continuing this partnership in pursuit of our shared goals.”
In March 2023, Novo Nordisk and Share My Meals launched the nonprofit’s first Corporate Volunteer Program, mobilizing employee volunteers who have contributed over 80 hours to help package, deliver, and support the logistics of meal distribution. Then, in July 2024, Novo Nordisk deepened its commitment by becoming a founding member of the Meal Recovery Coalition (MRC), an initiative led by Share My Meals to expand meal recovery efforts across New Jersey and complement existing emergency food systems with a new nutritious source of food.
“Novo Nordisk has been a true champion of our mission since day one,” said Hélène Lanctuit, CEO of Share My Meals. “Their support has helped us scale our operations, innovate through our first corporate volunteer program, and now lead the way in shaping statewide meal recovery. We are proud to celebrate this milestone with a partner who shares our vision for a more sustainable and food-secure future.”
As Share My Meals and Novo Nordisk reflect on the past three years, their shared accomplishments serve as a powerful example of what’s possible when values align and action follows purpose.
About Share My Meals: Founded in January 2020, Share My Meals is a nonprofit organization based in Princeton, NJ, and active across New Jersey, dedicated to addressing food insecurity and the environmental impact of food waste by safely recovering and delivering healthy prepared meals to local communities. For more information about Share My Meals, please visit https://sharemymeals.org/.
About Meal Recovery Coalition: A statewide partnership led by Share My Meals, the Meal Recovery Coalition (MRC) was founded in 2024 to raise awareness of and enable meal recovery as a critical complementary food source. The MRC brings together a powerful alliance of public and private partners including Bristol Myers Squibb, Campbell’s Foundation, Capital Health, Dartcor, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, and Rutgers University—all working together to strengthen the infrastructure, visibility, and community trust needed to make meal recovery the norm in New Jersey. Learn more at https://mealrecoverycoalition.org/.
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