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ABOUND FOOD CARE
City of Diamond Bar
March 2024 Report
Date: April 30th, 2024
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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.
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Outreach Activities:
In March 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 sent Vanity at Chili’s a follow up to see if she had any updates regarding moving
forward with a donation program. Betsy from corporate ended up reaching out and let
us know they are looking into multiple third-party agencies and that they hope to have a
decision soon. We will follow up with Betsy next month if we don’t receive any updates
before then.
2. After checking for updates regarding the Diamond Bar Golf Course reopening, we found
they are due to reopen April 20th. We will begin to reach out to them at the end of April
regarding the donation requirements of SB1383 and offer them any assistance needed
with getting into a donation program.
With us now moving into the second quarter of the year we will begin our Tier 1 inspections.
We will start scheduling inspections starting in May and plan to have them completed by the
end of June.
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.
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City of Diamond Bar 2024 Pounds Recovered
Touchpoints: 9
Abound Food Care continues to provide service and outreach to the City of Diamond Bar
foodservice operators.
Generator January Pounds
February Pounds March Pounds 2024 Total
Albertsons 15,890 Pending Pending 15,890
Target 590 730 2,072 3,392
Sprouts 3,797 5,280 Pending 9,077
Walmart 13,545 12,363 11,701 37,609
Smart and Final 1,005 1,070 Pending 2,075
Diamond Fresh 150 200 189 539
Total 31,180 19,643 13,962 68,582