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What We Do

What We Do

Philly Food Rescue knows that good food belongs to people, not landfills. We fight food insecurity and food waste, utilizing volunteers to rescue surplus food from businesses and redirecting donations to nearby organizations serving our neighbors.

Our Goal

Eliminate Food Waste & Resource Communities

By The Numbers

300,000

21% of Philadelphians — over 300,000 people in the city — are hungry. Philly has the highest poverty rate among the nation’s top ten cities.

By the Numbers

1.3 Billion

Americans waste up to 40% of food (roughly 325 pounds per person), contributing to 1.3 billion tons wasted globally every year.

By the Numbers

500,000

Pounds of produce recovered at our warehouse every month, in addition to retail rescue operations resourcing 300+ local nonprofits.

By the Numbers

400+

Active volunteers helping to reduce waste and feed our community.

Our Vision

Our Vision

Every day, Share Food Program’s Philly Food Rescue works to ensure that wholesome food stays in our neighborhoods and doesn’t end up in the trash. We center food access, community, and sustainability in all we do.

Food Access Innovation

Food Access Innovation

Using Food Rescue Hero technology, Share’s Philly Food Rescue program:

  • Works with food donors and schedules donation pickups
  • Coordinates a last-mile transportation network, dispatching volunteer drivers to deliver donations directly to local community partners
  • Tracks giving and data, measuring real-time impact on nutrition security and the environment

  • Reduce Waste

  • Resource Partners

  • Sustain Communities