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Reduce your wasted food,
feed your community

Donate your business's excess food and RLC will distribute it to local nonprofits providing meals to the food insecure.

Donate food of any kind and any amount, sporadically or on a set schedule.

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Become a Food Donor

How it Works

Our dedicated rescuers will pick up your excess food and deliver it to a local nonprofit recipient, where it will be distributed to the food insecure. There is no minimum pound requirement to donate food, and we can come by on the days and times most convenient for you!

Feel free to review our Partner Benefits for more information.

Contact us to go over any questions you might have.

Partnering with RLC has been a great initiative that the entire office can get behind. Everyone from RLC is friendly, organized and I love knowing we are partnering together to help New York's homeless!” -Danielle Zellman, Cedar

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Sign up today and we’ll email you more information about our program. We can then set up a call to learn more about your needs and our pickup process in detail!

Benefits

Decrease Your Costs

Food vendors may receive enhanced tax savings through IRC Section 170(e)(3).

Manage your wasted food with monthly data providing donation amounts by day.

Reduce your disposal costs by donating excess food that would otherwise be thrown out.

Support Your Community

Your excess food can feed the hungry in your neighborhood instead of landfills!

Reduce methane gases caused by wasted food in landfills, which are more than 30 times worse than CO2.

Reduce the waste of natural resources used to produce and transport your food.

Positive Brand Association

Donate food and earn praise for serving the community and preserving the environment.

Receive PR! You and our volunteers are encouraged to send us pictures of food donations. We share our favorites on social media, in our monthly newsletters, and other marketing materials!

Food Safety & Legal Liability

Food Safety

As long as your excess food was purchased from a licensed food vendor and prepared and handled according to food safety laws and regulations, we can rescue it! Feel free to review our Food Guidelines for more information.

Legal Liability

Donating food is legal and encouraged by the federal government! As a food donor, you are protected under the The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act when you donate food to a charitable organization, such as RLC. There has never been a lawsuit related to donating food. In addition, RLC provides a hold harmless clause in all of our food donor agreements.

Select Partners

Einstein Bros
Shug's Bagels
Panera Bread
True North Provisions
Carraba's Italian Grill
Trader Joe's
Levain Bakery
Proper Food
Dig Inn
Tatte Bakery
Dunkin
Bentos Catering
Columbus State Community College's Hospitality Management Program
Prato Bakery
Choc O Pain Bakery
Breads Bakery
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