In America, numerous food rescue organizations pick up and deliver food in refrigerated trucks. Most are members of Feeding America, formerly America’s Second Harvest. Recipient agencies serve people of low and no income.

In Chicago, foodrescue.io runs the largest food rescue program for prepared and perishable foods. They coordinate the rescue of fresh and prepared food from restaurants, grocery stores, cafeterias and caterers that reaches more than 80 nonprofits around the Chicago area. Initially, it focused on making local connections between excess food and the need at nonprofits. As of 2015, the food from downtown and wealthy neighborhoods is also reaching neighborhoods in the South side and the West side that are designated as food deserts.

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