OUR MISSION
Rescuing good food and sharing it with our community
No one should go hungry, and no good food should go to waste.
We work with food suppliers and manufacturers across the region to rescue surplus food and get it to people and communities across Devon and Cornwall.
What we rescue
Good food that might otherwise go to waste, such as:
Short-dated stock
Items nearing their date that can’t be sold in time.
Minor packaging defects
Products with minor packaging damage – the food inside is perfectly good.
Not quite “supermarket perfect”
Products that don’t meet supermarkets’ cosmetic standards.
All of it perfectly good to eat – and shared with people who can use it.
THE BACKBONE OF OUR WORK
Who we work with
Our partnerships with food suppliers, retailers, manufacturers and charities make everything we do possible. They include:
- Marks & Spencer
- Lidl
- Aldi
- Co-op
- Tesco
- Sainsbury’s
- Waitrose
- Bidfood
- Hunt’s Food
- KFC
- Pizza Hut
- Greggs
- Felix
- Burts
- Ginsters
- Hingston’s Pasties & Pies
- Blue Cross
THE WIN-WIN
Good for our community, good for our partners
Donating surplus food to DCFA does far more than put food on tables. Our partners:
Cut their carbon footprint
Less food wasted means fewer emissions.
Send less to landfill
Good food is eaten, not thrown away.
Meet CSR goals
A visible, local social responsibility story.
Save on disposal costs
Surplus is collected, not paid to be removed.
Together we achieve more
Join us in making sure good food reaches people across Devon and Cornwall – one meal at a time.
Devon & Cornwall Food Action · Registered Charity 1155313