How We Help

MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Our Motto is Simple:

FILL PLATES. NOT LANDFILLS.

Our local volunteers pick-up excess healthy food from local food donors and deliver it directly to local social service agencies that feed the food insecure.

A man and woman stand together in an industrial kitchen with bins of fresh food in the foreground

Local food donors (e.g. grocers, restaurants, caterers, farmers’ markets, corporations, etc.) register available fresh food.

A woman prepares packaged meals in an industrial kitchen

Local social service agencies (food pantries, shelters, veterans service facilities, etc.) communicate their food needs and details for delivery.

A Food Rescue US volunteer smiles in front of boxes full of fruits and vegetables

Local volunteers use our app to sign up for a “food rescue” and schedule the pick up and delivery.

Who We Are

Restaurant owners. Chefs. Social service agencies. Caterers. Farms. Corporations. Hotels. Convention Centers. Retirees. Students. Moms. Dads. Kids.

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volunteers

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food donors

A smiling woman hands bags of food to teen volunteers

All working together to put an end to hunger and food waste. You are the ones that empower us to BE THE RESCUE.

Be The Rescue: Get Involved

A Little Bit About Our History

Food Rescue US was founded in Fairfield County in 2011 when our founders, Jeff Schacher and Kevin Mullins, recognized that two growing challenges facing their community and the nation, food insecurity and food waste, could be solved with innovative technology, volunteers, and a direct-transfer model. Together, they founded Community Plates and created a unique model of food rescue that is simple, sustainable, and scalable. The organization quickly received vast support from volunteer rescuers, food donors, and social service agencies, and by 2014, the organization had rescued more than 6 million meals and was serving not only Fairfield County but also Albuquerque and Columbus.

In the following years, we continued to expand in order to meet the needs of more communities. In 2017, the organization changed its name to Food Rescue US in recognition of our expanding national presence and simultaneously launched a new version of our app, which we continue to upgrade.

Since our founding, we have provided 166 million meals and kept 199 million pounds of excess food out of landfills. Food Rescue US is now in 39 locations and constantly growing.