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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober Report for Diamond Bar Final 221102 RP.RL Edits (7)Page 2 of 2 ABOUND FOOD CARE City of Diamond Bar October 2022 Report Date: November 30, 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 October 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. We were able to speak with the manager at Super H Mart and he said he would need to speak to corporate regarding this. He gave me his email so I could send him additional information he could look over and send to corporate for their review. We know the Smart and Final store is donating but the manager we spoke with needed to confirm if there is an agreement in place as well as a food donation log. They are going to get back to me with whether they need assistance in implementing these compliance items. Diamond Fresh is also donating but does not have an agreement. We sent the manger a copy of Abound Food Care’s agreement and are waiting to hear back from her. 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 will begin setting up appointments to do inspections in the month of December in hopes that we can have them completed by the end of the year. We will begin our efforts in outreaching to the Tier 2 generators, educating them on the requirements of SB1383 and what they need to do to be compliant with the regulations. We have identified 14 Tier 2 edible food generators in the City of Diamond Bar. City of Diamond Bar October 2022 Pounds Recovered October Pounds Total Albertsons 6,000-10,000 6,000-10,000 Target Pending request for pounds recovered Sprouts Sept lbs= 3,879 They don’t have the total lbs for Oct yet. 3,879 Walmart 8000 8000 Smart and Final Pending confirmation of food donation log Diamond Fresh Pending confirmation of food donation log Touchpoints: 11 Abound Food Care continues to provide service and outreach to the city of Diamond Bar foodservice operators.