Connecting restaurant surplus to food banks β in real time.
FoodBridge is a real-time marketplace designed to solve the critical gap in the food supply chain. While 40% of food is wasted annually, millions remain food insecure. FoodBridge allows restaurants to post surplus meals instantly, notifying nearby shelters for immediate pickup.
- Waste: $408B worth of restaurant food is thrown out annually.
- Insecurity: 119M Americans are food insecure in 2024.
- The Gap: Lack of real-time connection between donors and recipients.
- Real-Time Alerts: Restaurants post surplus in seconds.
- Instant Matching: Automated logistics matching based on location and capacity.
- Impact Tracking: CO2 and meal-rescue metrics for brand reputation.
- Frontend: React.js
- Bundler: Vite
- Styling: Custom CSS-in-JS (Optimized for performance)
- Deployment: GitHub Pages
- Clone the repo:
git clone [https://github.com/codeNimra/FoodBridge.git](https://github.com/codeNimra/FoodBridge.git)