Food Rescue Program Celebrates Half a Million Meal Donations

By Flagship Facility Services, August 12, 2022

In the three years since Flagship founded the Food Rescue Program in partnership with Meta (formerly Facebook), it has grown from a small initiative with two participating cafes to a large-scale operation serving up restaurantquality meals from coast to coast.

As of Q2 2022, the program had donated more than half a million meals (579,341, to be exact) – an important milestone for Flagship, Meta, and program partners.

Food Rescue Program Celebrates Half a Million Meal Donations

Published on Aug 11, 2022

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The Food Rescue Program is a partnership between Flagship and Meta (formerly Facebook) that donates surplus food from Meta cafes to communities facing food insecurity. The program began in the Bay Area with two participating cafes and has since expanded to include all Meta cafes in the Bay Area, as well as cafes in several other cities in the US. The program partners with organizations such as Loaves & Fishes in California, Lovin' Spoonfuls in Boston, and Rethink Food in New York, each of which uses its own model to meet the needs of the local community. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the program continued to operate by purchasing meals from local restaurants and distributing them to the community. Flagship and Meta are now reviving a pre-pandemic volunteer program that will allow employees to distribute meals directly to the community.

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