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· 23 hours ago

Use it if you run a restaurant, grocer, or corporate program with surplus food in a city with an active Food Rescue US site — it is free, donation-funded, and evidence is thin with no direct user reviews. Skip it if you want consumer meal deals, vendor support contracts, or documented security practices.

Confidence

Low. Based on ~12 public sources; no direct user reviews or security findings found.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo user reviews in evidence
  • Feature depthApp exists; depth unverified
  • Support qualityNo support evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Restaurants and grocers with surplus food
  • Volunteers wanting local rescue shifts
  • Corporate food-donation programs
  • Groups starting a local rescue site

Not for

  • Consumers wanting discounted surplus meals
  • Buyers expecting SLAs or vendor support
  • Teams needing documented security or compliance
  • Anyone outside a city with an active site

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

No public security page; ask about data handling before corporate partnership.

medium

Donation-funded nonprofit: no SLAs, contracts, or guaranteed support response.

medium

Service quality varies by city; newer sites carry no ratings.

medium

Food-safety standards and liability expectations vary; confirm before donating surplus.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free to participate; nonprofit funded by donations and grants
  • Transparent finances: publishes audited financials and IRS 990
  • Corporate collaborators include Boehringer Ingelheim and Sodexo
  • Mobile app connects food donors, volunteers, and agencies
  • ~30,000 pounds rescued per Friday across US sites

Cons

  • No published security page or practices
  • Not a commercial product: no SLAs or paid support
  • Local presence unrated; satisfaction hard to gauge
  • No direct user reviews found in sources reviewed

Sources & method

- 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x5review x2security x1news x4

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free to use, donation-funded
  • Ease of use. No user reviews in evidence
  • Feature depth. App exists; depth unverified
  • Support quality. No support evidence found
  • Security posture: 2/5. No public security page found
  • US nonprofit Organization Stamford, CT; EIN 27-4486556
  • Free Price Donation-funded; no paid tiers
  • $100,000 2021 grant USA Today Network / Gannett Foundation
  • ~30,000 lbs Friday impact Rescued per Friday across US sites

Pricing

Free tier: Yes

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

No direct user reviews found in sources; the Miami Facebook page is unrated.

Companies that use it

  • Boehringer Ingelheim⁶
  • Sodexo⁶

Companies that could

  • Zomato Uses Its own in-house Food Rescue initiative instead
  • Greater Cleveland Food Bank Uses Feeding America retail agency capacity program instead
Full analysis

Based on ~12 public sources; no direct user reviews or security findings found.

Free nonprofit food-rescue platform with an app. Good for donating surplus; not vendor software, no reviews or security page.

Methodology

Based on ~12 public sources; no direct user reviews or security findings found.

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Sources

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  4. 2024 990 Formfoodrescue.us
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  5. Donate Money pagefoodrescue.us
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