Lovin Spoonfuls Inc.

Lovin' Spoonfuls is dedicated to minimizing the environmental impact of food waste by rescuing healthy, fresh food that would otherwise be discarded. Lovin' Spoonfuls delivers this food to agencies which serve more than 38,000 people experiencing food insecurity across Massachusetts each week, providing them with reliable access to nutritious food that would otherwise be wasted. They focus on rescuing fresh fruits and vegetables, lean protein, dairy and whole grains -- nutritious foods which are often inaccessible to those struggling to find their next meal. Lovin' Spoonfuls strives to alleviate food insecurity and hunger in communities across Boston and beyond, directly connecting abundance with need.

Through building a network of more than 235 community partners, Lovin' Spoonfuls is able to rescue and distribute an average of 75,000 pounds of food each week. They solidify community resources by connecting grocery stores, produce wholesalers, farms and farmers markets to local meal programs and social service entities serving those in need. Lovin' Spoonfuls utilizes a direct distribution system in which their refrigerated trucks pick up fresh, healthy, perishables foods from donors and deliver it directly to meal centers within the same day.

Lovin' Spoonfuls' simple but effective model allows their food donors to support their community, reduce their waste disposal costs and environmental emissions footprint while qualifying for a tax-deduction for their donated food.

Spoonfuls' focus on fresh fruits and vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains helps their beneficiaries to consistently provide their at-risk clients with healthy and wholesome meals while providing relief to their operating budgets.

In 2021, the Lovin' Spoonfuls team rescued and distributed more than 4.1 million pounds of fresh food across Massachusetts, providing over 3.3 million meals to those we serve.

Handling perishable and prepared foods requires attention to detail and compliance with the regulations set by the state of Massachusetts. All Lovin' Spoonfuls employees are ServSafe certified and trained in proper and responsible food handling.

Lovin' Spoonfuls' fleet of 8 refrigerated trucks allow the agency to run targeted routes across Greater Boston, the MetroWest, and Western Massachusetts, doing a same-day rescue and distribution of the food they collect. Each truck rescues approximately 10,000 pounds of food each week, totaling approximately 500,000 pounds each year. Their team of food rescue coordinators work with partners on both the vendor and beneficiary sides of their operations to tailor the food they distribute to the needs of the agency, thereby minimizing additional waste.

Since it began in 2010, Lovin' Spoonfuls has rescued and distributed nearly 23.5 million pounds of food. The agency has reached more hundreds of thousands of people across 50 cities and towns in Massachusetts. Lovin' Spoonfuls hopes to serve the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the future by adding more trucks and more routes to its fleet, thereby meeting the food needs of people in every community by connecting them to the abundance which is already out there.