National Sandwich Day (11/3/2016) - effort of SUBWAY & Feeding America

There's no reason anyone should go hungry. That's why Feeding America charity and SUBWAY sandwich shops have established the Good Deed Feed. Subway knows that, although they feed millions of people every day, there are also millions of people in the U.S. who don't know where their next meal will come from. So in honor of National Sandwich Day, on Thursday, Nov. 3, when you buy any sandwich and drink, Subway will give you another sandwich free and donate a meal to Feeding America.
We live in one of the richest countries in the world, yet at least 42 million Americans lack adequate access to affordable, nutritious food. In 2015, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1 in 8 Americans — including children, seniors, veterans, and students — were living in food insecure households. Among the households served by Feeding America, more than half (54%) have a family member who has worked in the past 12 months, and yet they still struggle to meet their basic needs.

Hunger in America is not about scarcity: There is plenty of food to feed every man, woman and child in the U.S. Even worse, according to another report by USDA, some 30-40% of our food supply ends up in landfills instead of on our tables — a whopping 133 billion pounds in 2010, worth an estimated $161 billion. So while food is literally being thrown away, food insecure families are making tough choices between food and utilities, food and transportation and even between food and medical care.