Feeding America is committed to an America where no one is hungry. We support tens of millions of people who experience food insecurity to get the food and resources they say they need to thrive as part of a nationwide network of food banks, statewide food bank associations, food pantries and meal programs. We also invest in innovative solutions to increase equitable access to nutritious food, advocate for legislation that improves food security and work to address factors that impact food security, such as health, cost of living and employment.

We partner with people experiencing food insecurity, policymakers, organizations, and supporters, united with them in a movement to end hunger. Visit FeedingAmerica.org to learn more

Albertsons Companies is a leading food and drug retailer in the United States operating ~2,270 retail stores with 1,700+ pharmacies, 400+ associated fuel centers, 22 dedicated distribution centers and 19 manufacturing facilities. The company’s operations span 34 states and the District of Columbia with more than 20 banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, ACME, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, Carrs, Kings Food Markets and Balducci’s Food Lovers Market. The company is committed to helping people across the country live better lives by making a meaningful difference, neighborhood by neighborhood. In 2023, along with the Albertsons Companies Foundation, the company contributed more than $350 million in food and financial support, including more than $35 million through our Nourishing Neighbors program, to ensure those living in our communities and those impacted by disasters have enough to eat. For more information, visit albertsonscompanies.com.

Chick-fil-A is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in chicken sandwiches. It is the largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain in the United States, with more than 2,500 locations in 47 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Canada. The company is headquartered in Georgia and has an estimated 140,000 employees. Chick-fil-A is known for its original chicken sandwich and its devotion to serving the local communities in which its franchised restaurants operate.

Flashfood is on a mission to feed families, not landfills. The app marketplace connects shoppers with fresh produce, meat, and other groceries at up to 50% off. By partnering with retailers across North America, Flashfood offers shoppers nutritious staples at affordable prices; reduces the amount of food going to landfills; and gives retailers a path to shrink reduction, new shoppers, and greater shopper loyalty. Flashfood is a remote-first B Corp Certified company currently partnered with more than 2,300 stores across 50 store banners, 31 states in the US and 10 provinces in Canada. For more information, please visit www.flashfood.com.

Divert is a sustainable solutions company committed to solving the wasted food crisis and advancing a circular economy through nationwide infrastructure and innovative technologies. Founded in 2007, the company provides an end-to-end solution that leverages data to prevent waste, facilitates edible food recovery to provide to people in need, and transforms unsold food products into renewable energy to power communities. Through this integrated approach to reducing wasted food – Prevent, Provide, Power™ – the company works with nearly 8,000 customer locations across the U.S. to reduce wasted food and positively impact people and the environment. Its customer base spans industries and includes five Fortune 100 companies. For more information on Divert, Inc., please visit www.divertinc.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X,Threads, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.  

The Drexel Food Lab at Drexel University is a good food product development and culinary innovation lab focused on projects that apply culinary arts and food science to improve the system in areas of sustainability, health promotion and access. For more information, visit drexel.edu.

Denali Corp., the nation’s leading full-service organic recycling company, is committed to repurposing waste to create value and make our economy more circular. An innovative specialty waste and environmental services company, they have been at the forefront of diverting and converting food waste for more than 25 years and have grown to become a near-total solution provider for recurring food waste streams across the United States.

Their vision is to offer innovative and economically effective solutions for the management, handling, recycling, disposal and conversion of food waste through beneficial reuse, composting and anaerobic digestion for the customers and communities we serve.

Their team is on a mission to unlock the value of unused organic materials and positively impact how they are utilized, and they are committed to the founding purpose that guides us: to replenish the earth by repurposing waste. Rather than simply disposing of organics in landfills, they see the potential of recycling and repurposing them. They make a positive impact by creating high-quality animal feed, biofuels and organic fertilizers.

Food Rescue Hero® Your food recovery. Our technology. Greater impact together. Purposefully designed to automate the time consuming and variable coordination of food recovery, Food Rescue Hero enables scalable impact on food waste, food insecurity and climate change. Since 87% of the food for pick up is fresh, timely delivery is essential. In the United States, as much as 40 percent of the food produced is wasted while one in five people goes hungry. Food waste is also one of the leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2016, the Food Rescue Hero Network, made up of 17 partners in the US and Canada, and a growing community of 34K volunteer drivers, has diverted 115 million pounds of perfectly good food from the landfill and mitigated 62.4 million pounds of CO2 emissions. Piloted in Pittsburgh, Food Rescue Hero facilitates partner growth and multi-county expansion, aiming to scale food recovery in 100 cities by 2030 and measurably support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2, 12 and 13. For more information, visit foodrescuehero.org.

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is a world-renowned research and teaching institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is dedicated to the education of a diverse group of research scientists and public health professionals and is committed to conducting research to improve health and prevention of disease and disability around the world.

Littlefoot Ventures, led by ReFED and World Economic Forum alum Eva Goulbourne, empowers businesses, nonprofits, investors, and foundations to future-proof the food system. This strategy and implementation firm offers a comprehensive range of services, including food waste reduction implementation, corporate philanthropy advising, nonprofit fundraising support, strategic communications development, marketing, and impact narrative strategy. With a client portfolio that includes some of the most transformational leaders in the food industry, Littlefoot Ventures serves multinational CPGs, foodservice operators, emerging brands, technology providers, grocery retailers, trade associations, and family and corporate foundations.

Nation’s Restaurant News is the leading resource for business intelligence in the foodservice industry. Over the years NRN has always been ahead of the curve, adapting to the latest technology platforms and devices its audience engages with. NRN boasts the largest editorial team in the industry, feeding the content engine that in turn drives the largest overall audience in foodservice. Industry leading reports have become benchmark studies for foodservice professionals. Whether it is the yearly Top 200 chain report, the daily Social 200 ranking, or the quarterly Trending Tables feature, NRN creates exclusive content that sets it apart from any other brand in foodservice. For more information, visit NRN.com.

The Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment (PCFWC) is an unprecedented public private partnership featuring some of the nation’s largest food businesses alongside local, state, and provincial governments, as well as nonprofit partners – all working collaboratively toward a shared ambition of implementing effective, industry-wide actions that prevent and reduce wasted food along the West Coast. For more information, visit our website.

Rubicon is a leading provider of technology-based waste and recycling solutions for waste generators, helping them to understand, manage, and reduce waste. They provide multi-location businesses with an all-in-one waste and recycling solution, offering deep insights into your waste streams to enable informed decision-making and actions across all your locations. Rubicon helps customers achieve sustainability goals with tailored zero waste solutions, leveraging our longstanding relationships with more than 8,000 vendor and hauler partners. To learn more, visit rubicon.com.

Supermarket News is the brand food-retail professionals count on for competitive intelligence, news, and information to make smart business decisions. Retailers, manufacturers, brokers, analysts, association executives and others connected to the industry consider Supermarket News as their primary information source as we continue to lead the way with the most experienced team of full-time editors dedicated to maintaining the integrity and objectivity demanded by our audience. For more information, visit supermarketnews.com.

Three Square is Southern Nevada’s only food bank and largest hunger relief organization, serving Las Vegas and all of Clark, Lincoln, Esmeralda and Nye counties. Since opening in 2007, Three Square has provided more than 550 million pounds of food to hundreds of thousands of people in need and earned a reputation as one of the most efficient and effective food banks in the country. A member of the Feeding America network of food banks, Three Square remains committed to its mission of providing wholesome food to hungry people, while passionately pursuing a hunger-free community.