In thinking about Mother’s Day I had hoped to find a directory listing restaurants that participate in food rescue programs. Food rescue is where restaurants donate unused food to a food bank or other charity at the end of the day rather than just throwing it out. (My mother pointed out that this is a new term and this used to be known as “gleaning,” an ancient Jewish/Biblical practice you can learn about here.) I couldn’t find anything like a directory, but I’m happy to say the DC Central Kitchen led me to the Panera Bread site, where I found this:
Day-End Dough-Nation
“Through the Day-End Dough-Nation program, unsold bakery products are packaged at the end of each day and donated to local food banks and charities. Over the past few years, we have donated more than $12 million worth of bread products to non-profits served by America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization.”
Tags: charity, hunger, philanthropy, Panera, food rescue, food salvage, corporate social responsibility, CSR
June 5, 2008 at 12:34 pm |
Mmmmmmm….Panera cheese bread and assorted bagels
Panera donates food to the food shelf I go to. I know I’m poor and am supposed to be grateful for everything, but I despise squishy white bread. I usually bake my own bread, but sometimes am just too sick and that’s when I LOVE getting Panera’s leftovers. Thank you Panera! 