Millennium Hotels in the UAE joined hands to donate surplus food to needy communities. Among the participating hotels is Millennium Plaza Downtown with Executive Head Chef Christophe Prud’homme and his team, with a Community Smart Fridge that were placed in high-demand areas across Abu Dhabi and Dubai to stock freshly prepared meals (pictured above).
Turning Surplus
Into Support:
Caring For
Communities
In The
United Arab
Emirates
As part of the recent Ramadan celebrations, Millennium Hotels in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) partnered with the UAE Food Bank and Ne’ma Campaign to donate surplus food to needy communities.
The participating hotels and teams were Millennium Airport Hotel Dubai, Millennium Al Barsha Hotel, Copthorne Hotel Dubai, Millennium Place Mirdif, Millennium Place Barsha Heights, Millennium Plaza Downtown Hotel, and Studio M Arabian Plaza Hotel & Hotel Apartments.
The hotels provided 50 freshly prepared, hygienic, and nutritionally balanced meals each day, with each meal weighing 400 grams. In total, 900 wholesome meals were cooked and distributed from a designated location in the UAE, helping to ensure that those in need could share in the blessings of Ramadan.
The initiative includes training for kitchen and hospitality staff on food safety, standardised meal packaging, and a structured collection and distribution system to ensure efficiency and safety.
Ne’ma, the UAE National Food Loss and Waste Initiative, extended its 2025 Ramadan campaign, Valuing Our Roots, that called for businesses and families to make intentional choices when shopping, cooking, sharing, and preparing for large gatherings during the Ramadan period.
Through community-driven initiatives, this approach highlights food rescue, redistribution, and waste reduction aligned with the region’s goal to cut food wastage by 50% by 2030.
The campaign also partnered with One Million Surplus Meals, a large-scale effort involving hotels and the region’s F&B sector, to recover and distribute untouched surplus food to communities in need.
Here is a video of the collective hotels and the teams as they jointly prepped the food for packing and delivery to needy communities.
