Operating 7 days a week, Food Stash Foundation rescues an average of 70,000 pounds of perishable food per month from various food producers and retailers and deliver it to charities across Vancouver. This past year we partnered with 11 new suppliers, including grocery stores, a produce wholesaler, and farms across the Lower Mainland. Much of the success we experienced in our Food Recovery Program in 2020 came from purchasing a refrigerated truck, growing our driver team, and operationalizing our logistics.

The newest initiative is the “pay what you can" grocery store. It’s the business model for Vancouver’s first rescued food market (Links to an external site.), now open in the city’s Olympic Village neighbourhood.  The market is one face of the Food Stash Foundation, a group aiming to both reduce food waste and connect people in need with nutritious food in a an environment that gives them dignity and choice.