How Your Starbucks Order Helps Donate Millions of Meals to Hungry Kids

The holidays are a time of joy, and Starbucks celebrates them in a big way. From the moment we switch to our red aprons, that joy comes to life in our coffeehouses and through our beloved seasonal drinks. This year, we are spreading that joy even further by teaming up with World Food Programme (WFP), No Kid Hungry, Breakfast Club of Canada and our customers to fight hunger around the world with a goal of donating up to 12 million meals to support kids facing hunger.  

Here’s how we can make an impact together: 

• Order a grilled cheese: From Dec. 2, 2025 – Jan. 5, 2026 for every Crispy Grilled Cheese on Sourdough purchased in participating U.S. and Canada stores, Starbucks will donate the value of two school meals*. These funds will support programs that feed kids through the World Food Program USA, No Kid Hungry in the U.S. and Breakfast Club of Canada.

• Donate directly: Want to make an even bigger impact?  Visit World Food Program USA’s fundraiser page to contribute. These funds will be distributed to both WFP and No Kid Hungry.  

We’re spreading joy beyond North America, too. Across 32 Starbucks markets and 23,000+ coffeehouses, similar givebacks are happening, all in service of coming together globally to help fight hunger. 

At Starbucks, supporting our neighbors is part of our ethos, whether it’s working to relieve hunger, building purpose-defined stores or investing in under-resourced communities. By partnering with World Food Program USA and No Kid Hungry in the U.S., Breakfast Club of Canada and hundreds of local hunger relief groups, we aim to bring hope and support to communities facing hunger — showing how a global brand can make a local impact at scale. 

“Today, over 153 million children go to bed hungry. For many, a school meal is the only one they’ll eat each day,” said Barron Segar, president and chief executive officer of World Food Program USA. “This holiday season, we thank Starbucks and its customers around the world for helping us feed children and fuel futures. Together, we are leveraging Starbucks global community and WFP’s expertise and reach to deliver millions of school meals to children who need them most. There has never been a more important time to unite our strengths and turn compassion into action—one meal, one child, one future at a time.”  

Being able to support World Food Program USA, WFP – the U.N. agency that will distribute meals to international markets through its global school meals program, No Kid Hungry and Breakfast Club of Canada builds on Starbucks year-round hunger relief strategy which includes donating unsold food through our innovative FoodShare food donation program, investing in ways to rescue surplus food and improving food security in coffee-growing regions.  

This holiday season, we’re spreading joy, fostering connection and making a lasting impact on hunger relief, through our coffeehouses and alongside our partners (employees), customers and communities.  

*For every Crispy Grilled Cheese on Sourdough purchased between December 2, 2025, and January 5, 2026 in participating stores in the US and Canada, Starbucks will donate $0.50 to World Food Program USA  (www.wfpusa.org/starbucks). This donation will be used to  support WFP school meal programs globally, and in the US and Canada through No Kid Hungry (www.nokidhungry.org), to provide up to 12 million meals with a minimum donation of $500,000 and a maximum donation of $3M globally ($1.75M US & Canada). WFP does not endorse any product or service.