Promoter organisation: ResQ Club
Country: Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Germany
What: Every month people use ResQ app to save tens of thousands of meals from ending up in the trash bin. The service is aimed at consumers as well as food businesses. The good practice aims at making zero food waste a reality. The company works towards making sustainable eating the most convenient way there is.
How: By selling food about to go to waste to consumers in a reasonable price through the app. Whenever customer opens the ResQ app they see the affordable quality food easily on a map and on a list. The offering consists of meals, ready-to-eat snacks and grocery bags that usually have a 50% discount on regular prices. Then the customers can purchase their desired meal easily with payment card or PayPal.
When: Restaurants and grocery stores opening hours
Why it is relevant: Pease describe SUSTAINABILITY (in environmental context), EFFICIENCY (in social/financial context), TRANSFERABILITY and INNOVATION aspects.
Environmental impact: ResQ Club is contributing significantly diminishing the environmental impact of food waste. The concept aims at lowering greenhouse gas emissions associated with food decomposition.
Social responsibility: this concept promotes awareness of sustainability and responsible food consuming of consumers. ResQ app provides nutritious meals for affordable price and due to this it raises awareness of ethical dimensions of food consumption.
Economic efficiency: The consumers can buy ready-meals and groceries for at least 30% discount. For the restaurants and grocery stores this offers an opportunity to make money of the surplus food rather than throwing it away. In addition to this the restaurants and the groceries stores get new customers. For the restaurants one sold surplus meal brings around 4 € to the company
Transferability and innovation: The consumers will pick the food themselves during restaurant opening hours.
Target Groups: For consumers and restaurants and grocery stores engaged to
RESULTS OF THE GOOD PRACTICE
The results could be described in three different levels. Environmentally it has diminished the greenhouse gas emissions. On the social level it promotes more responsible behaviour of consumers and also awareness regarding the food consumption. On the third level it has improved the economy of the restaurants and the grocery stores involved. By the end of the year 2023 ResQ app users have saved +12 million surplus meals through the app.
Results obtained at local, regional, national or international level, changes – IMPACT on target groups.