Food Recovery Program
This FoodMesh 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
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.
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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!
Their program is now continuing until 2020.
Funding for this program has been provided in part by:
