Retail Food Recovery program

The Retail Food Recovery program helps retailers divert up to 100% of their perishables to the highest end use

Food is safely directed to a local network of charities and farmers, while helping retailers achieve their recovery goals

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* The program started in Chilliwack, and is now in Kelowna, Prince George, Vernon, Creston, Abbotsford, Maple Ridge, Mission, Cranbrook, Sparwood, Burnaby, Vancouver, Richmond, New West, Tri-Cities, Victoria…and expanding across B.C. Join the network today as a lead or support participant.

How does it work?

DONATE

Each day, retailers sort edible and inedible shrink and prepare for a lead charity to collect.

EXCHANGE

The designated Lead Charity picks up all product, and shares with a network of local charities and local farmers.

TRACK

All donations are tracked via a custom app and all users get real time analytics.

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Benefits of Participation

GROCERS

Divert 100% of your perishables to higher end uses
Work with verified charities and know where your donations go
Access real time metrics of store level activity.

CHARITIES

Secured daily access to fresh food product.
Easily share excess food with other charities and farmers
Track donation data easier.

FARMERS

Access high quality donated perishables
Scheduled days for predictable supply
Commit to using the donated food for their animals, or pass it on to another farmer

COMPOSTERS

Pick up more product at one central location
Become an verified recipient for participating stores
Get product that is more suitable for composting

Check out how Save On Foods is benefiting from the ‘Retail Food Recovery Program’! All perishables from Save On Foods are diverted on a daily basis to charities and farmers for animal feed.

For more news coverage, see the NEWS & EVENTS page.

Use Case

The Chilliwack Food Bank piloted the program in Fall 2018 and accessed over 30,000 KG of food in 2 months, allowing them to share with more community partners than ever before!