Increasing access to excess for everyone

What started with extra meal swipes has grown to over 50 million pounds of food delivered to communities and organizations addressing food insecurity across 30 states.

Every pound of food we rescue is weighed and categorized to accurately measure our impact. From these numbers, we can paint a great picture of impact in terms of meals, monetary value, and environmental benefit. Read more below to learn about how we're changing the world by reducing waste, and feeding communities.

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pounds of food rescued since 2018

That's equal to the weight of 1,200 tractor trailers! Or 2,000 school buses, 700 humpback whales, 90 commercial airplanes... take your pick!

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total retail value of food rescued

Think of this as food cost savings that we've provided back to the communities we serve, instead of letting all that valuable food go to waste in a landfill.

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pounds of GHG diverted since 2018

Food waste accounts for 8% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. If food waste were a country, it would be the third largest contributor to global warming.

impact highlight

Meet some of the amazing partners we've worked with to make impact.

Our work doesn’t succeed without thoughtful partnerships with food businesses, non-profits, social justice movements, entertainers, and corporate partners who are all advancing the work for a sustainable & equitable food system. Check out some of our awesome collaborations:

Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market

Sharing Excess has created an onsite gleaning operation that works every weekday to sort, pack, and distribute food donations to local food banks. More than 20 million pounds rescued!

Beast Philanthropy

Mr. Beast and his non-profit, Beast Philanthropy, have teamed up with SE to rescue and redistribute millions of meals across America. Together, we're reimagining food rescue and bringing millions of viewers to help.

Trader Joe's

We now work with 15+ Trader Joe's stores across four states: PA, MD, VA, NY and NJ. Our dedicated drivers pickup from these stores everyday–making sure all donations (shares) are rescued and delivered to local communities in a timely manner.

Do Good Foods

Do Good Foods partners with Sharing Excess to create chicken feed from any gleaned produce that is not ideal or edible for human consumption. Together, we ensure that no food ever has to go to waste.

WARP Logistics

Sharing Excess has formed an innovative partnership with WARP Logistics to provide on-demand transportation nationally for our food rescue partners. Together, we are able to rescue and deliver surplus food, anytime, anywhere.

Milky Chance

One of the world's most popular alt/indie/rock bands, Milky Chance, volunteers with SE before their Boston show to get hands-on with food distribution and spread the word about the potential of food rescue in America.

The GIANT Company

The GIANT Company has been a steadfast partner of Sharing Excess since 2019. Together, we have distributed over 1 million meals to the Philadelphia communities. In 2021, GIANT even donated a refrigerated box truck to SE!

Food Banks

We partner with food banks all over the United States to get the food that we rescue to communities in need. Sharing Excess aims to automate sourcing and food rescue for food banks so they can cut costs and support even more organizations.

Drexel University

Sharing Excess was founded at Drexel in 2018. Since then, we've hired more than 70 students through Drexel's renowned co-op program to build Sharing Excess into the national hunger-relief organization that it is today.

Our Financials

Since 2018, Sharing Excess has turned $5 million in funding from 1,400 generous donors into an astounding $97 million worth of retail food cost savings for communities and families in need. That's more than 15X return on investment for every dollar donated.

Contribute to our IMPACT

$1 donated = 20 pounds of food rescued & delivered.

Your donation goes a long way. Here's what $1 donated to Sharing Excess equals:

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lbs. food delivered

16

meals served

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dollars in cost savings

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lbs. ghg reduced

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