IGA Stores of BC donates two million meals in partnership with FoodMesh
Grocery Business reports on the impact of this partnership....
13 August, 2025
FoodMesh in the news
How Metro Vancouver’s rescued food is turned into millions of meals
FoodMesh connects businesses with charities that help people struggling with food insecurity to ensure the region's surplus food isn't going to waste. The Vancouver Sun reports. ...
31 January, 2025
Local program saves almost 300,000 kg of edible food in just over a year
FoodMesh's project to build a food recovery network in the North Okanagan has seen almost 0.3 tonnes of food kept out of the landfills. Vernon Matters reports. ...
12 September, 2024
Over 210,000 kg of food waste saved from North Okanagan landfills
FoodMesh is building a food recovery network in the North Okanagan, in an effort to reduce food waste in the region. Castanet reports. ...
21 May, 2024
Food rescue in Surrey: ‘Just because you can’t sell it doesn’t mean it’s not good food’
Surrey Now-Leader reports on how FoodMesh connects two Fresh St. Market stores in Surrey with charities that help feed the hungry...
21 May, 2024
BC organizations donate unsold food from grocery stores
SFU's The Peak spoke to FoodMesh to share insight on the problem of food waste, and what IGA of BC and Fresh St. Market is doing about it....
15 May, 2024
IGA helps FoodMesh program feed the hungry in the Okanagan
Kelowna's Castanet reports...
30 April, 2024
IGA partners with Okanagan food banks to provide meals
Kelowna Capital News reports....
25 April, 2024
Georgia Main Food Group reaches food donation milestone
B.C. company has partnered with FoodMesh to support local charities since 2020. Canadian Grocer reports. ...
25 April, 2024
IGA partners with Okanagan food banks to provide meals
Grocery stores from Penticton to Kelowna are helping those facing food insecurity. Penticton Western News reports. ...
25 April, 2024
Store looks for ways to use surplus food wisely
Houston today reports on Buy-Low Foods' collaboration with FoodMesh as part of its effort to reduce food waste in its stores...
25 January, 2024
These Metro Vancouver organizations are helping redirect food headed for B.C.’s landfills
CBC reports on how FoodMesh helps businesses keep their unsalable food out of waste streams....
30 December, 2023
Reducing food waste: innovations to tackle a global issue
Washington-based Gillett News reports on the innovative work FoodMesh is doing to reduce food waste in Metro Vancouver...
30 December, 2023
On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko
Following the discovery of large volumes of produce being disposed of at a local compost facility, Jessica Regan discusses different ways food can be kept out of waste streams, and the work FoodMesh is doing to build a food recovery network in Metro Vancouver...
12 December, 2023
Food recovery program feeds community, keeps less than perfect produce out of garbage
Castanet talks to Buy-Low Foods in Vernon and the Salvation Army's House of Hope about how they are working together to keep edible food out of waste streams....
09 November, 2023
FoodMesh interview with DeliveryRank
FoodMesh sat down with DeliveryRank to share the latest on our mission, work and ambitions for the future. Read it now. ...
21 September, 2023
Food waste put to use in North Okanagan food recovery network
FoodMesh is building a food recovery network in North Okanagan to quickly and safely redistribute businesses' surplus food to people in need. Castanet reports....
26 April, 2023
‘Unique’ program turning unsold food into meals for those in need in the North Okanagan
With support from the RDNO's ReTHINK Waste project grant, FoodMesh is building a food recovery network in North Okanagan. The Vernon Morning Star reports....
17 April, 2023