Social Enterprise Cluster SAL (DBA M Social Catering)

M Social Catering is a food social enterprise under SEC specialized in cooking and distributing food such as healthy snacks and vacuum meals to schools, NGOs and elderly centers. The meals and snacks are prepared in M Social Catering’s fully accessible industrial kitchen by persons with disabilities and individuals with financial challenges, supervised by a chef and a quality control manager.
M social catering work on large-scale cost-efficient production using its industrial kitchen that can produce more than 3000 food items per day.

MSC currently produces more vacuum meals solution as a food security option for the most vulnerable communities. MSC recent achievement was highlighted in its efficient emergency response to the war during which it produced and delivered more than 74,000 meals for the internally displaced people.

With its experience in food production, food tech and food safety, the Social Vacuum Meals project aims to provide meal bags with chicken, vegetables, meat or lentils with few steps to become ready to eat within 5 minutes of heating, while following the international standards of food safety.

The M Social Catering team includes a certified chef, food and quality control experts and more than 30% of the team are persons with different disabilities. The office and the central kitchen are fully accessible and equipped with a stair lift, ramps, and an accessible toilet. In addition, the entire team of MSC is trained on disability inclusion and how to interact and work with persons with disabilities.

The positive impact of the proposed solution can be tracked following a circular economy approach according to: the number of vacuum meals, mashed food and snacks produced and delivered to vulnerable communities, number of famers, suppliers and cooperatives from which MSC buys its raw materials, number of Persons with disabilities or facing financial challenges employed, in addition to the number of elderly centers, education institutions and local NGOs profiting from MSC’s solution for a better food service provided.

MSC is currently integrating ProAbled’s livelihood programming within its kitchens and working on programs to have interns with disabilities graduate into full time jobs through its kitchens while developing its sustainability model.

    Team Members

    Samer Sfeir / Co-Founder

    Chantale Saade / Co-Founder

    Elie Matta / Co-Founder

    Joseph Massaad / Grants Coordinator