FoodForCause

What does Food For Cause do for the community?

Kansas City does not have a resource to connect food suppliers and organizations that provide food stuffs to the community.
Many grocery stores, and restaurants throw away food that could go to good use.
- Some of these items will expire soon.
- Others items may have damaged packaging or other small defects that do not affect the quality of the product, but the store is still unable to sell the items.
Food banks and Kitchens provide a valuable service: feeding people in our community that need assistance and sustenance.
A large amount of food is unnecessarily wasted.
Our community needs food assistance programs to thrive and care for those in need.

Food For Cause provides a platform to connect local community outreach programs, like food banks and kitchens, with companies that have food to donate.
This will help to reduce food waste, put the food to good use, and strengthen the community.

Grocery Stores, restaurants, and other businesses login and then post their available food items (including quantity, and expiration date).
Food banks, and kitchens may reserve and pick up items.
Unreserved items that are nearing expiration will be tweeted and text (SMS) to let the community know about their availability.