In some cities, as Amazon delivery vans make the rounds with your latest order, they’re also delivering something different—free food to people who rely on food banks.

In a program that quietly started during the pandemic, the company has used its logistics infrastructure to deliver enough groceries for 60 million meals to families facing food insecurity. Today, Amazon announced that it’s extending the program with its food bank partners through 2028.

The Community Delivery program began early in the pandemic as the company’s disaster relief team saw long lines at food banks and looked for ways to help people stuck at home.

“We started talking to our operational teams here at Amazon and said, we’re doing this for our customers—we’re delivering food to their doorstep,” says Bettina Stix,

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