T&T Supermarkets diverts over 200,000 pounds of possible food waste from landfill

The company announced that in partnership with food rescue agency, Second Harvest, the company has been able to divert over 200,000 pounds of potential food waste from landfills. Preventing over 400,000 pounds of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere. T&T first began its partnership with Second Harvest in April 2021, and subsequently launched the program quickly across all 29 stores by December of the same year. Using the Second Harvest Food Rescue App, healthy, surplus food is redistributed to frontline social service agencies serving people in need.  Since 2021, T&T has provided enough food for over 200,000 meals.

“In addition to the social impact, food waste has serious implications for the environment and the economy and as a grocer, we know we’re in a unique position to make a difference,” said Tina Lee, CEO of T&T Supermarkets. “We couldn’t be prouder of our work to date with Second Harvest and look forward to doing more, as we expect all of our production units to be onboarded by June of this year.”

T&T, along with parent company Loblaw Companies Limited, has pledged to send zero food to landfills by 2030. Food waste diversion programs like this one with Second Harvest are an important tool to help meet this goal, an excellent solution to avoid needless food waste, and a big part of our collective fight against hunger and climate change.