GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Food solutions company SpartanNash and technology provider Flashfood have reached a significant milestone. Recently, the dynamic duo marked a successful diversion of an impressive 1 million pounds of food waste and saved families $1.9 million on their groceries.

“At SpartanNash, we’re focused on innovative ways to meet shopper needs,” said SpartanNash Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Amy McClellan. “This solution has made a tremendous difference in preventing food waste while helping families save on imperfect produce and other products that might otherwise end up in landfills.”

This collaboration began three years ago. The alliance successfully diverted food waste thanks to the app-based marketplace.

As noted in the release, reducing food waste and providing affordable access to nutrition are key elements of SpartanNash’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy, which aims to promote healthy lives and well-being for all. SpartanNash introduced Flashfood, an app empowering shoppers to buy discounted grocery items nearing their best-by date, in Michigan and Indiana through a pilot program with Family Fare and Martin’s Super Markets in 2020.

“Partnerships with mission-aligned grocers like SpartanNash play a vital role in addressing the connected problems of food waste and food insecurity,” said Flashfood Head of Impact Brody Slacer. “We sincerely appreciate the company's early commitment to our alliance and the hard work of their team members that have made it all possible.”

The partnership expanded last year with the addition of 44 Family Fare and VG’s Grocery stores in Iowa, Michigan, and Nebraska. Shoppers make purchases of fresh and center-store items directly in the app and then pick up their order from the designated “Flashfood Zone” within participating stores.

Cheers to this amazing sustainability effort! For more partnership news, keep an eye out for ANUK.

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