A preview of our Annual Report – coming in full later this spring.
The fresh, healthy food we recovered and distributed in 2023…
We worked with over 300 partners (including food retailers and brands and community based organizations) to source good, unsold food and get it to people experiencing food insecurity.
We stepped up our education and advocacy efforts to raise awareness, and support, for long-term, sustainable solutions to address wasted food, food insecurity, and the climate emergency.
We operated across 65 towns and cities in Greater Boston, MetroWest, Worcester County, and Hampden County.
In 2023, we hosted our most successful Ultimate Tailgate ever.
Our signature tasting event returns to the SoWa Power Station on November 3, 2024. We hope to see you there!
In the U.S., 38% of food goes unsold or uneaten. In Massachusetts alone, over 1 million tons of food hit the waste stream annually while 1 in 6 households faces food insecurity.
Our simple, effective food recovery solution prevents good quality food from going to waste while ensuring it fulfills its highest purpose: Feeding people.
“The sushi plates and sandwiches Spoonfuls’ brings are ideal for our unhoused clients who may not have access to cooking tools or refrigeration,” shares Yianna Zicherman, Warehouse Manager at Franklin Food Pantry, one of the 180+ community organizations across the state receiving Spoonfuls’ deliveries of recovered food.
Like many of our partners, Franklin Food Pantry saw their community’s need for food increase over the past year. After the pantry’s move to a larger space in 2023, Spoonfuls increased its support of the pantry’s operations through larger and more frequent distributions of fresh, healthy food. This change is more than an increase in calories, but an increase in food variety, too, and helps the pantry meet its clients’ various dietary needs.
The food Spoonfuls provides to the pantry is enough to create 800 – 2,400 meals.
