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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJuly Report for Diamond Bar (3)Page 1 of 4 ABOUND FOOD CARE City of Diamond Bar July 2023 Report Date: August 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 July 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 spoke with Mr. Yun at Super H Mart regarding the information we sent over regarding SB 1383. He let us know that he forwarded the information to his headquarters, and he is waiting to hear back from them on how to move forward regarding this. He said he is going to reach out to us after he hears from them to know how they plan to move forward. We will continue to reach out for updates if we do not hear back from him. 2. We tried to get in contact with Riyad who is the owner at Diamond Fresh but he was still on vacation. We were able to speak with Temo who is his cousin and let him know about SB 1383 and its requirements. We spoke about what we had discussed with Norma when she was there and that they do donate but there is no agreement in place. He asked if I could send over information to him regarding SB 1383 as well as a template agreement so they could see what it consists of, and he is going to go over it with Riyad when he gets back. We will follow up in a few weeks to see if Riyad is back and if they were able to look over the information. 3. Oak Tree Lanes Bowling is not currently donating at this time. We spoke with Erica, and she gave us her email so we could send additional information regarding this for them to look over. We will reach back out in a couple of weeks to see if they were able to go over the information we sent and what the next steps are going to be. 4. For Golden Dynasty LLC we have been unable to find a number for this location. We have been doing some research and it looks like this could be the corporate office and not a restaurant. If we are not able to find a number we will go out to the location to see if it is an actual restaurant. 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. Page 4 of 4 City of Diamond Bar 2023 Pounds Recovered Generator May Pounds June Pounds July Pounds 2023 Total Albertsons 10,300 12,715 11,700 66,875 Target Pending request for pounds recovered Pending request for pounds recovered Pending request for pounds Pending request for pounds recovered Sprouts Pending Pending Pending 14,612 Walmart 11,954 10,646 13,474 80,016 Smart and Final Pending Pending Pending 3,581 Total 22,254 23,361 25,174 165,084 Touchpoints: 15 Abound Food Care continues to provide service and outreach to the City of Diamond Bar foodservice operators.