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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDecember Report for Diamond Bar (3)Page 1 of 4 ABOUND FOOD CARE City of Diamond Bar December 2022 Report Date: January 27, 2023 Page 2 of 4 Scope of Services: Abound Food Care agrees to implement an enhanced comprehensive municipal edible food recovery program on behalf of the municipality in the City of Diamond Bar. Services to be performed include the following. 1. Further collaboration and communication. a. To include monthly meetings as needed, information requests, information review, and all necessary follow-ups. 2. Manage edible food recovery contracts between 8 Tier 1 and 14 Tier 2 food waste generators as identified by the city and in accordance with SB1383 regulations. a. Manage and assist in the execution of food recovery agreements from the total 22 Tier 1 and Tier 2 generators. 3. Provide the use of a technology platform to aggregate pounds recovered and report to the city monthly. a. This technology platform will include information on types of food donated, food recovery organization recipient, pounds of food recovered and frequency that the food is recovered in accordance with SB1383 regulations. b. Monitor food donations and provide food donors and food recovery organizations assistance as needed. 4. Provide educational materials to all Tiered food waste generators and food recovery organizations including but not limited to benefits of participation in food recovery and SB1383 compliance regulations. a. Provide the city with a list of Food recovery organizations either in the city or operating in the city to put on their website. 5. Conduct at least 44 targeted and recorded outreach touchpoints to Tier 1 and Tier 2 food waste generators in cooperation and/or conjunction with city staff and waste hauler staff using Abound Food Cares CRM platform. 6. General assistance with communication of these efforts as well as broader efforts to build the stakeholder groups to effectively service the city will be included in this scope of services. 7. Conduct the annual inspection of the 8 identified Tier 1 food generators to identify compliance with SB1383regulations. a. Inspection will include confirmation of a written agreement with a food recovery organization or service, the active use of a food donation log recording their food donation activities and identification of any red flags. Page 3 of 4 Outreach Activities: In December of 2022, Abound Food Care focused our efforts on coordinating outreach to the identified non-participating Tier 1 generators. This included virtual touchpoints including email and phone calls as well as doing their annual inspections. We were able to get annual inspections done to the 8 Tier 1 generators. Albertsons, Sprouts and Walmart were all able to provide their written agreements as well as their donation receipts to become compliant. They are all happy with the organization they donate to and have been working with them for years. Smart & Final is donating, but they are currently working on trying to find an additional organization they can donate to as the one they are working with now is not as consistent as they would like. They are working with the LA Food Bank on finding another location. They were able to provide the donation receipts but have to check if there is an agreement in place. We let them know if they needed any help getting an agreement in place or with finding a new organization to donate to, we would be happy to help them. Super H Mart is not currently participating in a donation program. They asked if we could email them the information regarding SB1383 and its requirements so they could send it to their corporate to look at. We will follow up with them in January to see if they have heard back from their corporate on starting a donation program compliant with SB1383. Target could not provide us any information until they hear from corporate that it is ok to give us the documentation we are asking for. We sent an email to corporate regarding this and are waiting for a response. Diamond Fresh is donating and are working on getting an agreement in place with the organization they donate to. Their accountant has the donation receipts and will be dropping them off at the location, so they are on site. Market World is not currently in a donation program, but we are working to get them signed up on the platform we use to track our donations. We will continue our outreach to the non- participating Tier 1 generators and continue to offer our support in getting them in compliance with the requirements of SB1383. We are making the final adjustments to the mailer that we will be sending to all Tier 2 generators. Once the mailer is sent out, we will begin our outreach to the Tier 2 generators by phone calls followed by in-person visits. Page 4 of 4 City of Diamond Bar December 2022 Pounds Recovered December Pounds 2022 year-end Total Albertsons 7,070 86,400 Target Pending request for pounds recovered Pending request for pounds recovered Sprouts 4,210 45,727 Walmart 10,685 93,940 Smart and Final 465 Pending request for pounds recovered Diamond Fresh Pending request for pounds recovered Pending request for pounds recovered Touchpoints: 23 Abound Food Care continues to provide service and outreach to the City of Diamond Bar foodservice operators.