At grocery stores, approximately 45% of all fruits and vegetables, 35% of fish and sea food and 20% of meat and dairy products goes to waste every year.
EatWell App
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What is EatWell?
EatWell is a virtual food pantry that addresses food waste and food insecurity. EatWell feeds people, not the landfill. It is a forward-thinking mobile app that connects edible food generators—like restaurants, stores, and school and hospital cafeterias—to people in need.
Food recovery organizations and food banks are the main outlet for food generators, with a consistent need for food items – EatWell is a solution to the challenges that can make donation difficult. Challenges vary and can include timing of food availability, quantity of food offered, and other logistics such as storage, or inability to transport perishable items. EatWell doesn’t replace the great programs that these organizations run; it is a supplement to ensure all good food can get to the people who need it!
Key Benefits:
- Supports community members in need – Reduces edible food waste
- Eliminates donation barriers – Meets SB 1383 record-keeping
- Provides tax deduction eligibility records requirements
How does EatWell Work?
Edible Food Generator
Restaurant, store or other generator with unsold or unserved food posts it on app.
Community Organization
Community organization provides codes to community members in need.
Notification
Notifications are sent to community members nearby.
Collection
Food is “claimed” on the app then collected by community member.
Record-keeping
App creates records for SB 1383 compliance / tax deduction purposes.
Why Partner with EatWell?
With the EatWell app, it’s easy and secure for edible food generators-to donate their unsold or unserved food instead of wasting it. Even better? It goes straight to the people who need it most.
1. Secure
2. Direct Donation
3. Tax Benefits
4. Tracking
5. SB1383
6. Social Impact Story
7. Verified
1. Secure
Secure – EatWell provides a secure platform where edible food generators can safely donate unsold/unserved food, instead of throwing it away.
2. Direct Donation
Direct Donation – Through partnerships with local non-profits EatWell ensures that the donated food goes directly to people in need avoiding many challenges to donation such as transportation or storage of excess food until an organization can pick it up.
3. Tax Benefits
Tax Deduction Benefits – EatWell provides the necessary documentation for tax deduction purposes. Tax deductions for donated food are typically higher than those for food loss. Ask your tax professional for details on how this could benefit your business.
4. Tracking
Tracking – EatWell’s automated system tracks and documents every donation in real-time, ensuring compliance with SB 1383 recordkeeping mandates and IRS requirements for tax deduction purposes – eliminating paperwork headaches.
5. SB1383
SB1383 – EatWell ensures compliance with California’s SB 1383 mandates. SB 1383 regulations require edible food generators, whether considered Tier 1 or Tier 2, to arrange to recover the maximum amount of edible food that would otherwise be disposed. Generators subject to the regulation include stores and restaurants above a certain size, large venues and events, schools and hospitals with on-site food facilities, and others. The regulations also have other specific requirements such as recordkeeping. Visit CalRecycle’s SB 1383 page to find the regulations.
6. Social Impact Story
Social Impact Story – Feed those in need in your community and tell a powerful social impact story. For every $1 a company invests in food waste reduction, they can expect a $14 return on investment.
7. Verified
Verified – with endorsement from Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic, our documentation is verified as accepted by the IRS for tax donation deduction purposes. Ask your tax professional for details on how this may benefit your business!
Our proven management system – verified by HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – allows edible food generators (e.g. stores and restaurants) to donate their excess food to those in need in their community with the documentation needed for tax deduction purposes. Ask your tax professional for details and how this could benefit your business.
EatWell provides a secure platform where food outlets can safely donate excess food that instead of throwing it away.
Overall, in the United States, an estimated 25-28% of the food supply at the retail level goes to waste, amounting to approximately 133 billion pounds of food and a staggering $161 billion in value – essentially ending up in the trash.
Approximately 15 to 20% of the stock purchased by restaurants is wasted every year before reaching the consumer.
One out of six Americans experiences food insecurity today
50+ million Americans face hunger every day – the number is rising. 16 million American kids struggle with hunger each year.
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Our mission is to reduce the food wasted by channeling it to the people who need it – we not only want to be the best in the world, we also want to be the best for the world.