Grocery Rescue
Recovering fresh food from retail stores and delivering it into the hands of Utahns who need it most.
The Grocery Rescue program is a strategic business alliance between Utah Food Bank and Utah grocery retailers that provides a safe and efficient donation outlet for food that is nearing its expiration date, but is still safe, healthy, and wholesome to eat.
Refrigerated trucks, owned and operated by Utah Food Bank and partner agencies, operate six days a week throughout the state, picking up unsalable food donations that would otherwise be thrown away. Instead, donations are collected and distributed within 24 hours to Utahns who need it most.
Donations primarily consist of nutritious, daily consumables including fresh produce, dairy, meats and more that would otherwise end up in landfills. The Grocery Rescue program has become a highly successful means of addressing poverty, hunger, and food waste in Utah all at the same time. It continues to fill an important nutrition gap for Utahns facing hunger, while at the same time reducing the amount of wasted food. Last year, this program’s partnerships with 408 retailers across the state provided 21 million pounds of food for Utahns facing hunger.
A heartfelt thanks goes out to all the retailers across the state who make this program possible:
- Albertsons
- Al’s Food Town
- Bimbo Bakeries
- City Market
- Costco
- Cost Plus World Market
- Dan’s Fresh Market
- Davis Food & Drug
- Dick’s Fresh Market
- Digby’s Market
- Dixie Nutrition
- Dollar General
- Frei’s Fruit Market
- Fresh Market
- Glazier’s Market
- Good Earth Natural Foods
- Great Harvest Bread Co.
- Harmons
- Home Town Market
- Jacksons Food Stores
- Kent’s Market
- Ken’s Kash Store
- Kneaders
- Lee’s Marketplace
- Leonardo’s Market
- Lin’s Fresh Market
- Lucky
- Macey’s
- Maverik
- Mike’s Market
- Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
- Payson Market Place
- Reams Food Stores
- Red Mountain Market
- Restaurant Depot
- Ridley’s
- Sam’s Club
- Smith’s Food & Drug Stores
- Soelberg’s Market
- Sprouts Farmers Market
- Stewart’s Market
- Stokes
- Target
- The Market at Midway
- The Store Markets
- Trader Joe’s
- US Foods Chef’Store
- Ute Plaza Super Market
- Walmart
- Whole Foods Market
- Winco Foods
- Winegars