In February 2018, we began weighing the amount of food we recover. In these numbers, we also include the total weight of food that we compost.
In July of 2020, we began recording Compost weight totals and Food weight totals separately. This is to give the community a better idea of the work that we do in keeping food away from the landfill.
We have now teamed up with Second Harvest. Our partners at Safeway and Starbucks have also joined Second Harvest, who averages the food weight we recover each day. This brings us to a weekly average of the following in food recovery:
