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Retail Food Rescue

Put surplus food to work for your community

Harry Chapin Food Bank rescues safe, nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste and gets it to neighbors across Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee counties.

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A volunteer bags carrots at Harry Chapin Food Bank.

How retail food rescue works

Rescuing food is our preferred way to source food. As a member of Feeding America, we rescue food from national retail and grocery stores, national food providers and farms.

1

Pick up

Our refrigerated trucks run routes dedicated to picking up food from retail stores, including shelf-stable foods, fresh produce and other perishables.

2

Sort

Back at our warehouse, rescued food is sorted and inventoried.

3

Distribute

Rescued food reaches neighbors through our agency partners and programs. Some routes take produce from retail stores directly to agency partners.

For grocers and food businesses

If your store or food business has surplus food available to donate, contact our Retail Rescue team to discuss the next steps.

Email the Retail Rescue team

[email protected]

For agency partners

Select agency partners coordinate their own pickups of designated food from retail stores through our retail rescue program. If your agency is interested, contact [email protected] or your partner engagement coordinator.

Agency Partner Resources

Collecting food in your community?

Groups and individuals can help by hosting a food drive.

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