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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDiamond Bar December 2023 ReportPage 1 of 4 ABOUND FOOD CARE City of Diamond Bar December 2023 Report Date: January 31st, 2024 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 2023, Abound Food Care focused our efforts on coordinating outreach to the identified non-participating Tier 1 and Tier 2 generators. This included virtual touchpoints including email, and phone calls as well as in person visits that included information on how to begin their food donation efforts. These touchpoints were as follows: 1. We had a call with Tommy, Jay, and Seokwhan at the H Mart corporate office to discuss the requirements of SB1383 as well as Chow Match and how the program works. After going through everything they are interested in getting set up into a program for all their locations, so we met in person to discuss a system wide solution for them. We are working on getting their program in place and getting all required documents at the store level so they can begin the donation process after going through it with the store manager. 2. Went in to complete the inspection at Target and they let me know Emilee, who is the manager I had been speaking with previously was on leave. I was able to do their inspection with the manager Michael and Jay in receiving. They have their agreement onsite as well as donation receipts, but they did not have a log showing monthly pounds donated. Jay reached out to the organization who picks up their donations and they let him know they can provide him with their pounds donated. We will follow up in the coming weeks to see if they have received their pounds and that they have them at the store level. 3. We will be removing Oak Tree Lanes Bowling from the Tier 2 list after going over it during our monthly check-in meeting. Talking with Erica, she let us know their snack bar area is very small and only has four tables in the dining area and would not meet the requirements. 4. We will be removing Hope for Special Education from the Tier 2 list after discussing it in our monthly check-in meeting. They are a daycare and not an actual school so they would not qualify. We will continue our outreach to the non-participating Tier 1 and Tier 2 generators and continue to offer our support in getting them in compliance with the requirements of SB1383. Page 4 of 4 City of Diamond Bar 2023 Pounds Recovered Generator September Pounds October Pounds November Pounds December Pounds 2023 Total Albertsons 13,290 12,000 13,130 13,875 131,925 Target Pending request for pounds recovered Pending request for pounds recovered Pending request for pounds recovered Pending request for pounds recovered 56,940 Sprouts 4,458 3,509 Pending Pending 39,287 Walmart 14,389 17,090 13,547 12,195 128,982 Smart and Final 1,138 Pending Pending Pending 8,819 Diamond Fresh N/A 146 100 0 246 Total 28,817 32,745 26,777 26,070 366,199 Touchpoints: 14 Abound Food Care continues to provide service and outreach to the City of Diamond Bar foodservice operators.