Using ‘ugly but edible’ food
Castanet reports on how Osoyoos Food Bank is utilizing food recovery from local businesses and farms to make use of 'ugly but edible food'...
27 August, 2021
FoodMesh in the news
Osoyoos Food Bank joins sustainable program
The Times Chronicle reports on how Osoyoos Food Bank is utilizing the Retail Food Recovery Program to access a regular supply of 'ugly but edible' food...
26 August, 2021
Okanagan grocery stores give to local charities
BC Local News reports on how IGA Stores of BC and Fresh St. Market are diverting 100% of their edible but unsaleable food away from landfills through the Retail Food Recovery Program...
19 August, 2021
Okanagan grocery stores give to local charities
The Kelowna Capital News reports on how IGA Stores of BC and Fresh St. Market are diverting 100% of their edible but unsaleable food away from landfills through the Retail Food Recovery Program...
19 August, 2021
Okanagan grocery stores give to local charities
The Vernon Morning Star reports on how IGA Stores of BC and Fresh St. Market are diverting 100% of their edible but unsaleable food away from landfills through the Retail Food Recovery Program...
19 August, 2021
South Surrey charity keeps 158,000 kg of edible food out of landfill every year
The Surrey Now-Leader tells the story of what the Launching Pad Addiction Rehabilitation Society has been able to do with the donations they receive through the Retail Food Recovery Program...
10 June, 2021
New Chilliwack Save-On-Foods location signs on to FoodMesh partnership
The Chilliwack Progress features Save-On-Foods new Cottonwood Centre store, which has become the fourth location in Chilliwack to partner with FoodMesh...
18 March, 2021
FoodMesh taking its emergency food recovery project nationwide
The Peace Arch News reports on a new project FoodMesh is leading to take on food security challenges and food waste across Canada...
11 August, 2020
Almost 500,000 kgs of perishable food distributed from Maple Ridge food bank facility
The Maple Ridge-Pit Meadows News shines a light on the donations the Friends In Need Food Bank has received in part by the Retail Food Recovery Program...
09 June, 2020
FoodMesh proves food and beverage businesses are the leaders of social change
The BC Food and Beverage's latest edition of Cultivate Magazine shines a light on FoodMesh and the work food businesses in our network are doing to tackle food waste...
20 April, 2020
FoodMesh app redirects food to food banks
In this piece, Radio-Canada shows how the FoodMesh network is diverting surplus food away to landfill, to help organizations in need...
05 December, 2019
The Retail Food Recovery Program in action at Save-On-Foods
In this report, Global News shows how the Retail Food Recovery Program is helping Save-On-Foods meet its zero waste goal...
14 June, 2019
More food now saved in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows
The Maple Ridge-Pit Meadows News shows how Save-On-Foods and the Friends in Need Food Bank are working to ensure good food that used to get tossed in the garbage, is no longer wasted...
07 June, 2019
Save-On-Foods surpasses six-year food waste reduction target in six months
Grocery Business explains how Save-On-Foods has surpassed a six-year company-wide goal of reducing food waste in just six months, aided by its work with FoodMesh...
06 June, 2019
Urban Fare and Central Okanagan Food Bank working together to get food to people in need
Kelowna's Beach Radio talks to Urban Fare and the Central Okanagan Food Bank about the benefits of the Retail Food Recovery Program....
09 April, 2019
Game-changing program diverting food to the hungry in Chilliwack
The Chilliwack Progress reports on Save-On-Foods' pilot in Chilliwack to divert their unsold food to higher-end use, and the impressive results it is yielding. ...
25 February, 2019
Kelowna Now shows the Retail Food Recovery Program in action at Save-On-Foods
In this report, Kelowna News shines a light on Save-On-Foods’ goal to be zero waste and the implementation of FoodMesh’s Retail Food Recovery Program at their stores....
21 February, 2019
How FoodMesh is reducing food waste and increasing food security in the Okanagan
In this report, Global News shows how the Retail Food Recovery Program is helping Save-On-Foods get food to people in need in the Okanagan...
17 January, 2019
FoodMesh seeks food producers and processors in Chilliwack with surplus to donate
The Chilliwack Progress reports on a new collaboration between FoodMesh and the Fraser Valley Regional District to give edible but otherwise imperfect food a second chance....
03 August, 2018
Waste not, want not: FoodMesh connects produce and baked goods otherwise destined for dump with those who can use it
In this article, the Vancouver Sun profiles our CEO and Co-Founder Jessica Regan, and explains how FoodMesh came to be...
25 July, 2018