Gina Boubel
Imperfect Food's L.A. Waste Week Press Release
Updated: May 24
PUNCH+CO POURS QURI VODKA AT IMPERFECT’S FOOD WASTE WEEK

Imperfect Food Kicks Off Week-Long Event with a Sustainable VIP Cocktail Hour
Los Angeles, CA., March 28, 2022- Quri Vodka, a multi-award-winning Quinoa
Peruvian vodka with a mission to better the lives of the people of the Andes, in
partnership with Punch+Co will participate in this year’s Imperfect Food event in Los
Angeles, CA March 28-April 1. Imperfect Foods, the online grocer building a kinder, less
wasteful food system, will host the first-ever LA Food Waste Week designed to raise
awareness of a broken food system through activations, panel discussions, workshops,
and demos designed to start the conversation around food waste at a local level to help
solve a global problem.
The brand will pop up at The Rose Room in Venice Beach, along with LA area’s top
restaurants in an effort to save 1,000 lbs of food from going to waste in the Los Angeles
area. Participating restaurants will create special waste-fighting dishes by incorporating
recovered produce or grocery items from Imperfect Foods that would otherwise go to
waste. Imperfect Foods will donate $5 to the The Hollywood Food Coalition for every
meal sold at participating restaurants to help under-resourced communities across LA.
Punch+Co, the first of its kind, punch cocktail catering company in LA, will be serving a
Pear + Lemon sustainable cocktail made with Quri Vodka at the Inaugural VIP Night
taking place Monday, March 28 from 5pm-7pm at The Rose Room, 6 Rose Ave.
Cocktail hours will be followed by a conversation about Sustainability and Social Media
panel.
Quri Vodka’s distinct flavor of this premium quinoa vodka has already put it on the map
with a 92-point rating from NY spirits Comp, a gold medal win at the 2020 China Wine
and Spirits Awards, the largest such competition in Hong Kong/China. Quri also won
silver medals in USA Spirits Ratings, the 2020 New York International Spirits
Competition and the 2020 Bartender Spirits Awards. In addition, Quri also won Peruvian
Distillery of the Year at the New York International Spirits Competition.
Quri Vodka is dedicated to helping the communities of the Andes which is why it has
pledged to donate 5% of its net profits to Peruvian Hearts, a non-profit organization that
helps young women in the Andes gain access to quality education, access to safe living
conditions, healthy food, success coaching and of course education from youth all the
way through college.
Quri Vodka is now available for sale at www.QuriVodka.com starting at $34.99 USD for
a single bottle or in bundles of 2 ($69.98), 3 (104.97) and 6 ($159.99). Journalists
interested in attending the event or want more information about Quri Vodka please
contact Gina Boubel at gina@qurivodka.com.
About Quri Vodka
QURI is an award-winning premium Peruvian vodka made with quinoa sourced from a
single-family farm (resting in the shadows of the glacier covered Andes that trickle into
Lake Titicaca and a dormant volcano) and ancient Andean glacier water filtered through
volcanic stone made in micro-45-gallon batches. The spirit of QURI vodka is one of
respect. Respect for the people and land that have been producing the greatest quinoa
in the world for over 5,000 years. And respect for the painstaking process of distilling
fine premium spirits. Quri is the love of a people, so we’ve pledged 5% of net profits to
help impoverished young women receive support to survive and thrive from the daily
necessities to education all the way through university; one girl at a time.
About Punch and Company
Punch + Co is a turn-key cocktail event production company that began its humble
beginnings in 2018 in sunny Los Angeles by a couple of hospitality forward-thinkers who
wanted to help shape cocktail culture for tomorrow's consumer through engaging
education and the most artistic, personalized, cocktail experiences imaginable. With a
cumulative 30 years of working in every sector of the food and beverage service
industry and staying fully immersed in cocktail culture, Punch + Co has a knack of
facilitating premier guest experiences and offering valuable insight into modern-day
consumers' cravings. Punch + Co has become a trusted ambassador for global brands,
fostering authentic engagement through education and creative activation.
Punch + Co understands how the right beverage experience can transform even the
most mundane event into something magical and unforgettable. Each event is special
whether it be a wedding, a corporate event, a product launch or a gala, and our
signature cocktails can help tell your story. If you'd like to learn more please
visit www.punchandcompany.com as well as follow them on IG: @punchco to see how
you can make your next event memorable!