Flashfood Releases 2025 Impact Report: “The Future of Food Is Abundant”

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Or sign-in if you have an account.Flashfood's 2025 Impact Report: The Future of Food is Abundant Business WireNew report reveals nearly 33 million pounds of food diverted from landfills, $85 million in shopper savings, and the growing role of technology in making fresh food more affordable.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLYSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, and others.Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication.Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman and others.Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication.Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one account.Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.Enjoy additional articles per month.Get email updates from your favourite authors.THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one accountShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the commentsEnjoy additional articles per monthGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountTORONTO — Flashfood, the leading marketplace for surplus groceries, today released its 2025 Impact Report, The Future of Food Is Abundant. The report outlines Flashfood’s vision for a more resilient food system where fresh, nutritious food is more consistently affordable, available and abundant.Our deeply connected global economy has led to an unstable food system, with weather, conflicts, tariffs, inflation, and politics driving the bulk of the volatility. Flashfood’s report makes the case that reducing food waste represents one of the most immediate opportunities to improve and stabilize food access. Rather than allowing $35 billion of fresh food to go to waste at grocery stores each year, Flashfood’s marketplace enables grocers to make surplus items available to shoppers at significant discounts.Get the latest headlines, breaking news and columns.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of Top Stories will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again“Food waste has always been considered an unavoidable cost of the grocery system. We want to make the case that it’s also one of the clearest opportunities to make that system stronger,” said Jordan Schenck, CEO of Flashfood. “When we use technology to recover surplus food, particularly the fresh food that makes up the lion’s share of waste today, retailers recover value, shoppers get more affordable access to fresh groceries and communities become more resilient. That is the abundant food system we are building and we believe it will be the baseline, not the aspiration.”In 2025, Flashfood delivered measurable impact across North America, helping shoppers save money while keeping quality food in circulation. Key highlights include:32.9 million pounds of food diverted from landfills$85.5 million saved by shoppers on fresh groceries1.6 million Produce Boxes soldThe report also highlights early research at the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that shows Flashfood is having a measurable impact on food insecurity in the communities it serves. A dissertation exploring the role of technology on the food supply chain found that, on average, one Flashfood store reduces a county-level food insecurity rate by 0.090 percentage points, translating to approximately 860 people per county — or an estimated 146,000 people across all counties where Flashfood operates.Flashfood expanded its marketplace in 2025 through partnerships with retailers including Kroger’s Mid-Atlantic Division and Gelson’s Markets in Southern California. The company also continued investing in technology to help grocers post surplus inventory more quickly and efficiently, with plans to further expand its retail network and platform in the year ahead.For more information and to read Flashfood’s full 2025 Impact Report, visit www.flashfood.com.Flashfood is on a mission to feed families, not landfills. The app marketplace connects shoppers with fresh produce, meat, and other groceries at discounted prices. By partnering with retailers across North America, Flashfood offers shoppers nutritious staples at affordable prices while reducing the amount of food going to landfills. To date, Flashfood has rerouted more than 180 million pounds of food from landfills while helping shoppers save more than $370 million on groceries. Flashfood is a Certified B Corporation currently partnered with more than 2,000 grocery stores across North America. 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