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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDiamond Bar February 2024 ReportPage 1 of 4 ABOUND FOOD CARE City of Diamond Bar February 2024 Report Date: March 22nd, 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 February of 2024, 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 Jae at Target. He let us know they are now donating to God’s Pantry through Feeding America. He let us know they will be providing them with their monthly pounds donated each month. He sent us over their pounds donated for January and February and will continue to send us their pounds each month moving forward. 2. We reached out to Martin at Market World as we noticed they have not posted any donations. We wanted to make sure he is not having any issues posting donations and we also reminded him to make sure when he has excess edible food to donate it rather than throwing it out. He responded back and let us know he has not had items to donate as all their grocery products get credited and taken back to their vendors that are used. He said other items are outdated and damaged and are not donatable items. If he ever has edible food that cannot be credited, he said will donate it. 3. After not being able to get in contact with the Encore Teppan location, we found an email online and sent over information regarding the donation requirements. Chuck responded back and said they are not in a donation program currently. He asked if we could send over information on the donation process. We went over Chow Match and how the program works and sent information on how to sign up as a donor. We will follow up with Chuck in the coming weeks if he does not sign up or reach back out before then. 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 2024 Pounds Recovered Generator January Pounds February Pounds 2024 Total Albertsons 15,890 Pending 15,890 Target 590 730 1,320 Sprouts Pending Pending Pending Walmart 13,545 12,363 25,908 Smart and Final 1,005 1,070 2,075 Diamond Fresh 150 200 350 Total 31,180 14,363 45,543 Touchpoints: 11 Abound Food Care continues to provide service and outreach to the City of Diamond Bar foodservice operators.