Surplus Food Redistribution

Surplus food,
shared with
purpose.

Connecting food businesses, communities, and charities - so good food reaches people before it goes to waste.

Businesses Communities Charities
Surplus food before coordination
The gap today

Good food wasted
every day.

Businesses end each day with edible surplus and no structured way to share it. Without a system, food disappears into waste.

No coordination Food wasted daily
Community volunteers collecting surplus food
With ResQFood

Surplus claimed
before waste happens.

Businesses list in minutes. Users and charities discover, reserve, and collect locally. Every step is tracked.

Listed in minutes Reserved and collected
How it works

From surplus to pickup,
every step is clear.

A consistent, trackable process designed for businesses, community users, and charities.

01

Business posts surplus food

Restaurants, bakeries, and cafes publish a listing with quantity, pickup window, and instructions - in minutes.

02

Listings appear to nearby users

Local users and charities discover what is available, filtered by proximity and pickup window.

03

Reservation confirmed instantly

A single action reserves the listing. Status updates across the platform - preventing double-bookings.

04

Food collected at the pickup window

The collector arrives within the agreed window. Pickup is confirmed and the listing closes automatically.

05

Impact recorded on the platform

Every completed pickup contributes to a growing record of meals saved and environmental impact, visible across the platform.

The platform

Designed for real kitchens,
real communities, real time.

Every participant - business, collector, administrator - gets a clear, structured experience built around their specific role.

Reservation
ItemFresh croissants & rolls
BusinessGreen Valley Bakery
Window14:00 – 17:00 today
Quantity28 portions
Reservation confirmed
Live listings Today · Nearby
Available Fresh croissants & bread rolls Green Valley Bakery · 28 portions
14:00 – 17:00
Reserved Organic vegetable selection Harvest Street Market · 14 packs
16:30 – 18:00
Available Mixed pastries & fruit portions Riverside Cafe · 20 items
18:00 – 19:30
Impact overview
1,240 Meals saved
386 Listings posted
295 Pickups completed
Browse live listings
One-click reservations
Impact tracked in real time
Surplus, still valuable

Good food shouldn't
end with the day.

Every evening, bakeries, cafes, and restaurants prepare more than they sell. That surplus has hours of value left - and communities nearby who need it.

"28 portions, freshly prepared. Three hours of pickup time remaining. No one knows it's available yet."
1 in 3 portions prepared daily goes unsold in food service businesses
Structured by the platform

One listing.
Ready to be claimed.

Live on ResQFood 0.8km away
Fresh croissants & bread rolls
Green Valley Bakery
Pickup window: 14:00 – 17:00
28 portions available
Bakery surplus

ResQFood turns surplus into a structured, visible listing that nearby users and charities can discover, reserve, and collect - in a single, coordinated workflow.

Delivered into community impact

The same parcel.
A real difference.

28 meals from this parcel alone
1,240+ total meals rescued on the platform
0 wasted for every listing successfully claimed

What started as surplus at the end of a bakery's day became twenty-eight nutritional portions for a local food bank. The platform made that connection possible, trackable, and repeatable.

Collected by St. Andrew's Food Bank · Confirmed pickup · 14:52 today
Who uses ResQFood

One platform,
four connected roles.

Platform impact

Every pickup adds up.

0 +

meals of good food rescued from going to waste

0

Listings shared

Surplus food offers published by participating businesses.

0

Pickups completed

Confirmed collections by users and charities.

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Community partners

Active businesses and organisations on the platform.

Community sharing a meal together
Why it matters

"Every day, tonnes of edible food are discarded while communities nearby go without. The only thing missing is coordination."

What drives us

Built on three commitments.

01

Trusted by design

Role-based access, moderation tools, and administrative oversight keep every exchange dependable and accountable.

02

Practical for real operations

Built around actual redistribution steps - listing, reserving, scheduling, collecting - not abstract product features.

03

Local impact at scale

Every pickup adds to a growing record of measurable social value, helping communities and stakeholders see real outcomes.

Join the platform

Ready to turn surplus
into community value?

Whether you run a food business, want to reduce local waste, or support your community - ResQFood connects you to the right people at the right time.