Food Cloud is a social enterprise based in Dublin that collects safe food products planned to be thrown away. These products can be donations from anywhere in the food industry, such as restaurants or supply chains. Meanwhile, Global Links is another social enterprise, but this one is based in Pittsburgh where they collect unused and…
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Global Links and Food Cloud
Global Links in Pittsburgh, PA, and Food Cloud in Tallaght, Dublin, are two very similar social enterprises. For example, both heavily rely on volunteers. During our information session at Food Cloud they explained that they have over fifteen hundred corporate volunteers, and over fifty weekly volunteers. Secondly, they both rely on donations from outside sources….
Food Cloud and Global Links
One thing the two social enterprises have in common is that they both salvage old things that would otherwise be thrown away. For global links, they use the old medical equipment that the industry no longer needs. Similarly, Food Cloud takes food that is planned to be thrown away and redistributes it to people in…
Food Cloud Takeaways
Both companies are very similar in the fact that they manage the supply chain for wasted materials to get sent to locations that need them. Although they are managing different goods, the process is very similar. Another similarity is that both companies reach out to the companies that create the waste and then they create…
Irish Customs
One of the most discussed differences we’ve found here between the United States and Ireland is their perception of time and being early/late. While America is known for being early for everything, in Ireland being early can be considered rude. We usually will meet somewhere different than the agreed meeting point ahead of time, then…
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