ADDING MULTIMEDIA Divert, Inc. and Feeding America® Leading Together on Innovative Solutions to Fight Hunger and Food Waste
2024年6月19日 - 12:49AM
ビジネスワイヤ(英語)
Collaboration brings complementary data-driven
solutions and infrastructure to retailers to decrease wasted food
and optimize donations
Divert, Inc., an impact technology company on a mission to
Protect the Value of Food™, and Feeding America, the largest hunger
relief organization in the U.S., are collaborating on an
industry-leading initiative to scale complementary data-driven
solutions and sustainable infrastructure that optimize food
donations and address the food insecurity crisis. Together, the
organizations will bring more streamlined and actionable insights
to retailers and drive a paradigm shift for how wasted food is
managed across the U.S.
This press release features multimedia. View
the full release here:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240618566356/en/
Divert and Feeding America are bringing
more streamlined and actionable insights to retailers, driving a
paradigm shift for how wasted food is managed across the U.S.
(Graphic: Business Wire)
Since 2018, Divert and Feeding America have worked hand-in-hand
with 13 of the largest food retailers across 38 states to implement
forward-thinking food donation solutions and strategies, seeing an
increase in food donations as much as 20%. Now, with Divert’s plans
to expand its national infrastructure to 30 facilities combined
with Feeding America’s network of more than 200 partner food banks,
the companies are poised to make their solutions accessible to
retailers across the U.S. and solve unsold food at scale.
“Feeding America has been an incredible partner in our shared
mission to address food insecurity,” Ryan Begin, CEO and
co-founder, Divert. “We have made significant progress together
through improved data-driven programs to feed more people in need.
With our Integrated Diversion & Energy Facilities expansion
roadmap and Feeding America’s vast network of food banks and agency
partners, we are uniquely positioned to rapidly scale our
collective innovative solutions for retailers across the
country.”
Divert collects store-level data on wasted food in its
proprietary bins brought back to its facilities from retailers,
while Feeding America’s MealConnect platform gathers donation data.
By leveraging a combination of these unique solutions, retailers
are empowered to identify opportunities to increase donations with
greater accuracy, thereby optimizing their food recovery efforts
and reducing waste.
In 2023, Feeding America sourced more than 4.99 billion pounds
of food, rescuing 2.11 billion pounds of food from retail alone.
Divert and Feeding America are making real progress to close this
unsold food gap.
“Dedicated partnerships like this can help end hunger in
America," said Erika Thiem, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Feeding
America. “Divert brings innovative, data-driven solutions; Feeding
America brings a national network of food banks and distribution
partners. In quickly scaling solutions with retailers, our work
together will bring Feeding America closer to its goal of rescuing
an additional one billion pounds of food annually.”
The U.S. produces more than 63 million tons of wasted food
annually. At the same time, 44 million people in the U.S. face
hunger, including one in five children. Approximately 49 million
people - that's one in six people in the U.S. - relied on food
assistance from charities like Feeding America in 2022. 1
While food recovery initiatives exist across the U.S.,
challenges and barriers to success remain. The food recovery space
is vast and fragmented, and lacks cohesive infrastructure and
solutions that can drive widespread adoption and change. Continued
innovation and collaboration are needed among like-minded
organizations, especially in the face of higher food costs, the
elimination of pandemic-backed food support, and the growing dual
crises of food insecurity and climate change.
For more information on solutions that drive optimized food
recovery programs, please visit www.divertinc.com.
About Divert, Inc.
Divert, Inc. is an impact technology company on a mission to
Protect the Value of Food™. Founded in 2007, the company creates
advanced technologies and sustainable infrastructure to eliminate
wasted food, driving social and environmental impact. Divert
provides an end-to-end solution that prevents waste by maximizing
the freshness of food, recovers edible food to serve communities in
need, and converts wasted food into renewable energy. The company
works with over 6,600 customer locations across the U.S. to reduce
wasted food and positively impact people and the environment. Its
customer base spans across industries and includes five Fortune 100
companies. For more information on Divert, Inc., please visit
www.divertinc.com.
About Feeding America
Feeding America is committed to an America where no one is
hungry. We support tens of millions of people who experience food
insecurity to get the food and resources they say they need to
thrive as part of a nationwide network of food banks, statewide
food bank associations, food pantries and meal programs. We also
invest in innovative solutions to increase equitable access to
nutritious food, advocate for legislation that improves food
security and work to address factors that impact food security,
such as health, cost of living and employment. We partner with
people experiencing food insecurity, policymakers, organizations,
and supporters, united with them in a movement to end hunger. Visit
FeedingAmerica.org to learn more.
1
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240618566356/en/
Divert Caroline Legg Director of Public Relations (203)
313-4228 clegg@divertinc.com
Feeding America Casey Cora Director of Donor Partnership
Communications ccora@feedingamerica.org