A practical resource hub that helps CGF members identify and access technologies and partners to facilitate the safe, efficient redistribution of surplus food through donation solutions.
Technologies and partners
Basic Needs Association (TIDER)
Basic Needs Association (TIDER) is an NGO, which serves as Turkey's umbrella organisation for food banking network. It conveys food banking knowledge and experience to the newly-established food banks, and supports impoverished communities with access to basic needs, education and employment.
Country: Turkey
Technology type: Digital platform
Service: Partnerships with non-profits, surplus food redistribution
Chiper
Chiper offers a digital marketplace that sells recognized brands to the general public at a discount. Chiper buys the products from industry and employs sales people from the general public. These sales staff get 15% of the revenue. Anything not sold gets donated to charities. The seller takes the physical product and is responsible for getting it to the buyer.
Company Shop Group is a for-profit business, which redistributes surplus food and household products. Customers include employees of the food manufacturing industry and emergency services. The Group's 'Community Shops' serve as retail outlets for members located in a deprived area, household or UK Government's development program.
Country: UK
Service: B2B, discounted sales, surplus food redistribution
Copia
Copia offers an on-demand app that allows users to schedule pickups of surplus food from restaurants, hotels, hospitals, corporate cafeterias, and other businesses which are re-distributed to local non-profit recipients. The app also enables tracking of surplus food, access to real-time data to prevent over-purchasing and overproduction.
Country: USA
Technology type: Mobile app
Service: Data analytics, partnership with non-profits, pick up service, surplus food redistribution
Fazla Gida (Whole Surplus)
Fazla Gida (Whole Surplus) is a wholesale online marketplace that allows food suppliers (farmers, manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers and importers) to upload their quality surplus products to the platform for food banks, NGOs, recycling firms and commercial buyers (industrial caterers, manufacturers, sports stadiums, hotels, restaurants and cafeterias) to purchase at a discounted price.
Country: Turkey
Technology type: Digital platform
Service: B2B, data Analytics, discounted Sales, parterships with non-profits, surplus food redistribution
Flashfood
Flashfood offers an app that helps customers find groceries that are closer to the expiration date and purchase them at a discount. Flashfood customers can search for stores in their area via the app, browse through deals, and place orders for delivery or pickup.
Country: Canada
Technology type: Mobile app
Service: Discounted sales, pick up service, surplus food redistribution
Food Rescue US
Food Rescue US engages local volunteers to transfer fresh food surpluses fom businesses to social service agencies using a web-based app. This model doesn't require large nonprofit infrastructure and empowers communities to use existing resources to serve themselves. The system operates in 40 locations in 20 states and the District of Columbia.
Country: USA
Technology type: Digital Platform
Service: Partnerships with non-profits, surplus food redistribution
FoodCloud
FoodCloud connects businesses with charities so that surplus food is directed towards feeding the needy instead of going to waste. Businesses either deliver food to FoodCloud Hubs or FoodCloud collects the food using their refrigerated vans. After collecting the surpluses, the food is counted, uploaded to an IT system, and stored. While in storage, a food safety system ensures the food is in safe condition and hands it off to a charity by the next day.
Country: Ireland, UK
Technology type: Digital Platform
Service: Partnerships with non-profits, surplus food redistribution
FoodShare
FoodShare is a digital platform introduced by the Food Forward SA to manage logistics for recovery and redistribution of surplus food to registered non-profit organisations.
Country: South Africa
Technology type: Digital Platform
Service: Imperfect procedure, partnership with non-profits, surplus food redistribution
Full Harvest
Full Harvest operates a food trading business-to-business platform mainly targeting large-scale farmers (vegetable farms greater than 1,000 acres and fruit farms larger than 100 acres), who can sell irregular and surplus produce on the platform to food and beverage companies.
Country: USA
Technology type: Digital Platform
Service: B2B, imperfect procedure, surplus food redistribution
Karma
Karma is an online app that sells discounted surplus food to consumers. Karma works primarily with restaurants but is currently expanding to grocery stores and to more European markets.
Country: USA
Technology type: Digital Platform
Service: Delivery service, discounted sales, surplus food donation
Imperfect Foods
Imperfect Foods is an online grocery delivery platform designed to reduce food waste. The company collects surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away (from farmers, meat producers, grocers) which it redistributes to consumers via app or website.
Country: USA
Technology type: Digital Platform, mobile app
Service: Delivery service, imperfect produce
Meals Connect
MealConnect is part of Feeding Amercia and provides food surplus donation services to a network of food banks, which respond locally to donation posts. MealConnect operates with both national and independent food companies, including large retailers and small family-owned restaurants.
Country: USA
Technology type: Digital Platform, mobile app
Service: Surplus food redistribution, Partnership with non-profits
Misfits Markets
Misfits Market operates a subscription-based service that delivers boxes of irregular or blemished organic fruits and vegetables, as well as pantry staples, at a discounted price to the consumer. The company buys the produce from farmers and sources pantry staples from food brands, allowing shoppers to customize the products for their boxes.
Country: USA
Technology type: Digital Platform
Service: Surplus food redistribution, discounted sales, delivery service, imperfect produce
Matsmart
Matsmart functions as an online marketplace that sells surplus production from producers and distributors and sells it to consumers at heavily discounted prices through their own online shop. The company was officially launched in Sweden and expanded to Finland and Germany, and aims to expand its services through the rest of Europe with a focus on the Nordics.
Country: Sweden, Finland, Germany
Technology type: Digital Platform
Service: Surplus food redistribution, discounted sales, delivery service
Olio
OLIO is a food-sharing app that connects neighbors, volunteers, and businesses willing to share surplus food. The location-based platform allows people to list and post photos of surplus food items to be shared with others. The company generates revenue by charging a subscription fee for extra features in its app, while its core service of neighbor-to-neighbor food sharing remains free.
Country: UK
Technology type: Mobile app
Service: Surplus food, pick up service
Phenix
Spoiler Alert offers a business-to-business trading platform connecting food manufacturers, distributors and retailers with a network of discount channels to manage food inventory and reduce wastage. Data-driven tools support discount sales and donation processes for slow-moving and excess food inventory.
Country: France, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Hong-Kong, Spain
Technology type: Digital platform, mobile app
Service: Surplus food redistribution, discounted sales, pick up service
Spoiler Alert
Spoiler Alert offers a business-to-business trading platform connecting food manufacturers, distributors and retailers with a network of discount channels to manage food inventory and reduce wastage. Data-driven tools support discount sales and donation processes for slow-moving and excess food inventory.
Country: USA
Technology type: Digital platform
Service: Surplus food redistribution, Discounted sales, Pick up service
Too Good To Go
Too Good To Go operates a free mobile app that connects customers to restaurants and stores with unsold or surplus food. Customers are able to buy the food at greatly reduced prices.
Country: Global
Technology type: Mobile app
Service: Surplus food redistribution, discounted sales, pick up service
Winnow
Winnow provides technology to help the hospitality industry to accurately measure, reduce and manage food waste. Using AI-enabled tool, kitchen can automatically track food waste, cut costs and save time.
Country: Global
Technology type: Digital platform
Service: B2B, data analytics
Y Waste
Y Waste is a social enterprise app designed to combat food waste by connecting local food businesses with consumers. Available on iOS and Android, it enables users to access surplus food at reduced prices, promoting sustainability and cost savings. The platform supports environmental goals by diverting edible food from landfills and transforming organic waste into compost. It aims to disrupt traditional waste systems through technology and community engagement.
Country: South Africa
Technology type: Mobile app
Service: Surplus food redistribution, partnership with non-profits, discounted sales, pick up service
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