Food recovery is the process of salvaging food from places like grocery stores, farms, and restaurants that would otherwise be thrown away, then distributing it to food pantries and similar programs. The “recovered” food is safe, nutritious, and just as tasty but would be discarded, often because of how it looks (such as limp or bruised produce), because of overstocking, or because the food is past its “sell by” date (such as day-old bread).

The Cupboard its very grateful for our local food recovery partners. The donations include items such as meats, produce, deli foods, and baked goods. Following is a list of our food recovery partners. If you can, please stop in to say hello and see what they have to offer. Tell them the Cupboard sent you!

Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, estimates that 108 billion pounds of food is wasted annually in the US; 61% of that, or 66 billion pounds, is commercial food waste.

Is your grocery store, farm, or restaurant interested in becoming a food recovery partner? Please email us at info@hsfoodcupboard.org.