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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJUNE 2023Page 1 of 4 ABOUND FOOD CARE City of Diamond Bar June 2023 Report Date: July 31st, 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 June 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 that included information on how to begin their food donation efforts. These touchpoints were as follows: 1. We reached out to Martin at Market World again because we noticed he has still not completed signing up on Chow Match. He said he had thought he had finished but he was going to log into his account as soon as he had a chance to complete signing up. We will follow up with him next month if we notice he has not completed signing up. 2. We tried reaching out to Norma at Diamond Fresh, but Lewis let us know that Norma was no longer at that store. He said we would need to speak with Riyad who is the owner but that he would be out of town for the next month. We will try to get ahold of Riyad next month so we could discuss SB 1383 and its requirements. 3. We spoke with Wyatt over at Chili’s and he said they were not donating at this time. We went over SB 1383 and what they would need to be in compliance. He asked if we could send additional information to go over regarding this. We will follow up with him next month to see if he had a chance to go over the information we sent if we do not hear back from him before then. 4. We are requesting that Young Dong Tofu be taken off the Tier 2 list as it is to small and does 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. We await feedback as well as any edits from the city before we can start distribution of the trifold and letter to all Tier 1 and Tier 2 generators. The trifold contains additional information on SB 1383 and its requirements as well as information that will help educate how each generator is identified as a Tier 1 or Tier 2 generator. We are hopeful that the letter will give the generators the reassurance that Abound Food Care is working with the City on the requirements of SB 1383 and can help generators get into compliance. Page 4 of 4 City of Diamond Bar 2023 Pounds Recovered Generator April Pounds May Pounds June Pounds 2023 Total Albertsons 8,160 10,300 12,715 55,175 Target Pending request for pounds recovered Pending request for pounds recovered Pending request for pounds recovered Pending request for pounds recovered Sprouts 3,517 Pending Pending Pending Walmart 12,119 11,954 10,646 66,542 Smart and Final 715 Pending Pending 3,581 Total 24,511 22,254 23,361 125,298 Touchpoints: 10 Abound Food Care continues to provide service and outreach to the City of Diamond Bar foodservice operators.