Georgia Main donates 1 million meals to vulnerable communities in BC
Since starting work with FoodMesh in April 2020, IGA of BC and Fresh St. Market have collectively donated an enormous 1 million meals to people in need...
04 October, 2021
Retail Food Recovery Program
Georgia Main’s journey to zero waste
As Georgia Main Food Group reaches an incredible milestone in its food recovery story, we reflect on how the program came to be in the first place...
04 October, 2021
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
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
Two B.C.-based grocery chains partner with FoodMesh to ensure no food in its stores go to waste
Fresh St. Market and IGA Stores of BC stores are diverting 100% of its edible but unsaleable perishable food to the vulnerable in communities across B.C....
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
Webinar: How to get regular food donations for your charitable program
Join the next Donation Recipient Onboarding Webinar to find out how you can benefit from the Retail Food Recovery Program and the essential information your organization needs to get started. Every Wednesday at 1:15pm PST...
10 August, 2021
Richmond Food Bank’s food recovery story
Follows the journey of a box of strawberries that have been donated by a store on our Retail Food Recovery Program, all the way to the hands of a client...
02 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
Phoenix partners with FoodMesh and Buy-Low Foods to divert food to charitable programs
Phoenix Society announces a partnership with FoodMesh that will provide a regular and reliable supply of fresh food donations from Buy-Low Foods, to help serve nutritious food to those living in recovery, poverty and homelessness....
07 June, 2021
Food is medicine
Surindra takes us behind the scenes with Cedar Feast House Catering and explores how the donations it receives from IGA helps some of Vancouver's most vulnerable communities...
21 May, 2021
A day with CityReach Care Society
Megan gives a sneak peek into how CityReach Care Society is responding to the 1000% growth in their food bank operations since the outbreak of COVID-19...
01 April, 2021
Food no longer suitable for human consumption finds a happy home
Meet George and Ernest, two happy recipients of some of the inedible food donations that were diverted through the Retail Food Recovery Program....
19 March, 2021
Save-On-Foods adds its newest Chilliwack location to its zero food-waste promise
Save-On-Foods’ fourth Chilliwack location is diverting 100% of its unsalable food to charitable organizations through FoodMesh's Retail Food Recovery Program....
18 March, 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
A day with Salvation Army Boundless
Laura takes us behind the scenes at Salvation Army Boundless, and what they are able to do with the food donations they receive from Urban Fare stores across downtown Vancouver...
04 March, 2021
A day with Cloverdale Community Kitchen
Aiko takes us behind the scenes at Cloverdale Community Kitchen, which receives food donations through the Retail Food Recovery Program...
23 February, 2021
A Richmond Recovery ‘Mesh’
The Richmond Food Bank's ability to offer produce and a wider range of proteins to its clients has increased by tenfold and the need to purchase food has greatly diminished, since joining the Retail Food Recovery Program....
10 July, 2020