Safely Coordinating Prepared Food Donations Title Safely Coordinating Prepared Food Donations for Twenty-Four Years Presented by Steve Dietz – Business Development Director June 28-29, 2016

Prepared Food Donations From 17,000 Locations Restaurants, Universities, Hospitals, Airports, Motorways, Malls, Grocery Stores, Convenience Stores… To 9,000 Local Recipient Organizations Shelters, Rescue Missions, Salvation Army, YMCA programs, Boys & Girls Clubs, Food Banks… In U.S., Canada, Ireland, & U.K…. 1.6 million donation transfers in 2015

Safely Donating Prepared Food 24 Years 95 Million Pounds 18 Years 73 Million Pounds 13 Years 34 Million Pounds 13 Years 35 Million Pounds 10 Years 10 Million Pounds

MA Leaders Donating Prepared Food

Why they don’t……….. What We will Do…….. We don’t have surplus foods….. Prepared foods are not safe to donate Complicated logistics required for prepared food donations Liability concerns What We will Do…….. Continue to add donor locations at the local, regional, national and global level Assist donors with source reduction through detailed donation reporting