FoodBridge

What is FoodBridge?

Surplus food is a logistics problem with a clock on it: the gap between a supermarket knowing it has surplus and a food bank being able to collect it is where most of the waste happens. FoodBridge detects surplus from operational signals, matches it to nearby programmes by what they can actually take and store, coordinates the collection, and records what moved — which is what turns goodwill into a reportable programme.

Problems it solves

• Identify surplus early enough to move it
• Match donations to programmes that can actually take them
• Coordinate collection and transport
• Record what moved for reporting
• Reduce waste that is currently scheduled rather than chosen

Key capabilities

Inventory Optimisation

Match stock and prep to expected demand, and show the cost of being wrong in each direction.

Evidence Trail

Every figure carries the record it came from, so a reader can check the answer instead of trusting it.

Forecasting

Project a pipeline, a harvest or a load curve, with the drivers behind the number visible.

How it is built

Surplus detection

Surplus is surfaced from operational signals rather than noticed at close.

Capacity-aware matching

Matches respect what a programme can collect, store and use.

Recorded impact

What moved, to whom and when, as a by-product of moving it.

How it works

How the work is structured, and what each step's output rests on.

1. 1

   Detect surplus

   Observed

   Surface surplus from operational signals.

2. 2

   Match to capacity

   AI-inferred

   Find programmes able to collect, store and use it.

3. 3

   Coordinate collection

   Source

   Arrange and track transport.

4. 4

   Record impact

   Observed

   Log what moved, to whom and when.

Example use cases

Each example has its own page you can read and share.

Ask FoodBridge

Illustrative examples. Results depend on your own data.

• “What surplus do we have that can still be donated?”
• “Which programmes nearby can take chilled goods today?”
• “How much did we redirect last month?”
• “Where is collection failing most often?”

Questions

Does it handle food-safety compliance?

It records what moved and when. Food-safety responsibility stays with the donor and recipient under their own regulations.