Lovin' Spoonfuls Food Rescue - Boston, Massachusetts

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There’s power in partnership! In our next free session, "Choosing Your Business Partners," you'll hear from us and our community partners about how building strategic relationships has helped us to meet our business objectives. Learn about the ways we work together to achieve greater impact and address community needs.

How Lovin' Spoonfuls

Responding to COVID 19

The need is greater than ever, and our team continues to work hard to connect resources within the community.

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Spoonfuls' commitment

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Lovin’ Spoonfuls began intentional work around DEI in 2018, and we continue to prioritize our commitment to it.

How Spoonfuls

tackling hunger

At Lovin’ Spoonfuls we are committed to providing innovative solutions to food insecurity, rescuing and distributing fresh food in the same day.

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Food rescue

Only the Beginning

Learn how we are not only providing rescued food to our beneficiaries, but also educating people how to make good use of it.

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Bridging the gap

Between abundance and need...

Lovin’ Spoonfuls is dedicated to facilitating the rescue and distribution of healthy, fresh food that would otherwise be discarded throughout Greater Boston, MetroWest, Hampden County and beyond. Breaking new ground in the food rescue movement, we connect community resources by linking grocery stores, produce wholesalers, and farms to local meal programs and social service entities serving those in need.

50 M

Struggle Daily

In the U.S., over 50 million people are facing food insecurity.

35 %

Food Wasted

Meanwhile, 35% of the food we produce is wasted.

How

We’re doing it

76% of surplus food comes from perishable items. We are the bridge between abundance and need, providing fresh, healthy food to our neighbors who need it most, the day we rescue it.

75+ vendors

OVER 80,000 LBS WEEKLY

Grocery stores, produce wholesalers, farms, farmers markets

Same day delivery

8 ROUTES

Refrigerated delivery vehicles, professionally trained drivers, mobile inventory tracking system

180+ Non-profits

33,000 PEOPLE WEEKLY

Homeless shelters, soup kitchens, food pantries, domestic violence agencies, senior centers, after school programs, meal delivery services, and more

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News & updates

6 May

The need for advocacy in our efforts

By Lauren Palumbo, Lovin’ Spoonfuls Chief Operating Officer At Lovin’ Spoonfuls, we focus on recovering and distributing excess food to nonprofit partners serving folks in need across Massachusetts. We do this work because of the shocking parallel statistics that at least 35% of our food in the United States is wasted, and more than 40 […]

6 May

Minimizing food waste with a growing family

By Anthony Summa, a Lovin’ Spoonfuls Food Rescue Coordinator in Boston’s MetroWest region Reducing food waste at home has always been a priority for me, but now with a toddler and another baby on the way, the task has added challenges. Notoriously picky toddlers and pregnancy cravings can throw off even the most well-intentioned meal […]

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