The Quirky Pear Blog

A small store with a big impact

How Buy-Low Foods in Boyle, AB turned things around for its local food bank...

12 January, 2022

1 million meals donated to people in need across BC, AB and SK

The Buy-Low Foods, Nesters Market, AG Foods and Meinhardt Fine Foods stores we work with have collectively rescued more than 1 million meals since they started working with FoodMesh in May 2021. ...

05 January, 2022

7 tips for reducing festive food waste

A disproportionate amount of food is wasted at the best of times, but over the holiday season, that number increases by around 25%. Use these tips to reduce your festive food waste footprint this year....

21 December, 2021

Melfort Food Bank hoping to reach more people in wider area

This Saskatchewan-based food bank is seeing a sharp decline in the volume of food people are donating to them. Their partnership with FoodMesh has helped to increase their access to food donations, but they are in need of more. NorthEastNow reports...

14 December, 2021

Get to know: James Rowe

Meet James, FoodMesh's Head of Product. When he's not developing new product and service solutions to address customer problems, you may find him camping or enjoying some Japanese food....

13 December, 2021

Water the wilt away 🥬

Perk up your wilted leafy greens by soaking them in a bowl of cold water...

08 December, 2021

Get to know: Megan Czerpak

Meet Megan, FoodMesh's Head of Communications. When she's not sharing stories about the impact of the amazing organizations FoodMesh works with, you'll probably find her dancing in the kitchen with her kids or trying to paint (another piece of) rescued furniture bright turquoise. ...

03 December, 2021

Matching unsold food with organizations that are hungry for it

Find out how the Emergency Food Distribution Network, which was led by FoodMesh, has helped increase the number of rescued meals going to feed Canada's hungry and food insecure ...

01 December, 2021

Food banks across B.C. co-ordinate to cover needs as flooding strains supply chain

CBC reports on how Richmond Food Bank's partnership with FoodMesh has enabled it to increase its perishable food offerings from 30% to 70%...

30 November, 2021

Tracking food waste key to food security in Sea to Sky

Pique News Magazine reports on how food recovery has skyrocketed at Nesters Market since the store implemented FoodMesh's food waste tracking....

28 November, 2021

Know before you go! 🗒

Plan your meals before shopping so that you only buy what you need...

17 November, 2021

Loaves and Fishes/FoodMesh Helping Keep Bellies Full in West Central

WestCentralOnline reports on the extraordinary impact Loaves and Fishes' work with FoodMesh has had on people in Kindersley and surrounding communities...

12 November, 2021

Turn your veggie cast-offs into stock! 🥦

You don't need to throw your veggie cast-offs into the compost. You can turn them into delicious homemade stock instead! ...

03 November, 2021

How Save-On-Foods in Richmond helps the Richmond Food Bank get a supply of fresh food donations

Richmond News reports on what supermarkets in Richmond do with the food they can no longer sell...

27 October, 2021

‘Pumpkin’ worth talking about 🎃

Over 80,000 metric tonnes of pumpkins are produced in Canada each year. For National Pumpkin Day, FoodMesh's Nikki shares her ideas for how we can help minimize our pumpkin waste this fall. ...

26 October, 2021

Metro Vancouver Supports Expansion of Regional Food Recovery Network

In time for Waste Reduction Week in Canada, FoodMesh is pleased to announce that Metro Vancouver has provided financial support that will enable a significant expansion of its regional food recovery network....

21 October, 2021

Don’t bin the bread! 🍞

There are so many ways to use up old bread so you don't have to throw it away. These are a couple of our favourites...

13 October, 2021

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

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

The problem of food loss and waste

For International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, we wanted to share a little about the problem of food waste, and what we can all do about it....

29 September, 2021