Reaching out to the community – and to colleagues   

“When you volunteer, it not only makes you feel good about the work you are doing in the community, but it also creates opportunities to learn more about each other,” says Angie Muether, Associate Food Scientist.

Angie helps organise outreach activities from our Decatur, US site, supporting schools and community programmes in the area – and drawing colleagues closer together. As part of the scheme, Associate Food Scientist Adrienne Stucky is one of around 20 US R&D volunteers who spend four Saturdays a year serving lunches at a community programme called the Good Samaritan Inn. “This experience gave me a different perspective on the value of food and how most of us take its availability for granted,” Adrienne says. “It made me feel even better about the work Tate & Lyle is doing to make food more nutritious and affordable.”