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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 2022 Report for Diamond Bar (3)Page 2 of 2 ABOUND FOOD CARE City of Diamond Bar November 2022 Report Date: December 21, 2022 Page 2 of 2 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 2 of 2 Outreach Activities: In November of 2022 Abound Food Care focused our efforts on coordinating outreach to the identified 8 Tier 1 generators. This included virtual touchpoints including email and phone calls. We have not been able to confirm the amount of pounds donated from Target. We know they are donating but the manager did not have access to their agreement and food log. She reached out to their headquarters to find out information about their agreement and they told her that Abound Food Care needed to contact them to get that information. She gave us the number and we are working on getting in contact with someone there. We are still working on getting DB Market World in a donation program. The manager told us they get credit for their product and didn’t donate for that reason. They only receive credit for damaged goods or things that are out of code, so we explained to him again SB1383 and its requirements. He said he does not have room to store food until someone could come pick it up and we explained to him that by using our tech platform Chow Match, he would be able to post a donation on the day it needed to be picked up or schedule pick-ups on a regular basis reducing the need for storage. He said he was going to look into it. We will continue our outreach to the non- participating Tier 1 generators and continue to offer our support in getting them in compliance with requirements of SB1383. We have started reaching out to the Tier 1 generators and trying to get appointments for inspections set up with the participating generators and letting the not participating generators know that we will be doing inspections soon and checking if they have been able to get everything in place to be in compliance. We are working on a letter that we can send to the Tier 2 generators to educate them on SB1383 and its requirements. City of Diamond Bar October 2022 Pounds Recovered Generator Tier November Pounds Total Albertsons 1 6,500 6,500 Target 1 Pending request for pounds Sprouts 1 3,853.31 3,853.31 Walmart 1 Pending request for pounds Smart and Final 1 Pending confirmation of food donation log Diamond Fresh 1 Pending confirmation of food donation log Page 2 of 2 Touchpoints: 8 Abound Food Care continues to provide service and outreach to the city of Diamond Bar foodservice operators.