Simply put: we believe hunger and food waste are two problems that can have one solution. We use excess available food from growers, manufacturers and supermarkets to provide affordable, healthy food for the food insecure. Daily Table is a new kind of retail grocery store that offers fresh produce and grocery items as well as ready-to-cook and grab-n-go prepared meals at truly affordable prices. Our healthy meal options are priced to compete with the fast-food alternatives in the neighborhood. We do all of this by recovering food from supermarkets, growers and food distributors that would otherwise have been wasted.

Why do we need the Daily Table?

The U.S. wastes up to 40 percent of the food we produce, enough to fill the Rose Bowl every day. But, at the same time, we also have a lot of people who struggle to put meals on the table. Many who are food insecure are overweight or obese because they can’t afford to buy healthy fruits, vegetables, dairy, and protein. By the numbers:

• The most recent government survey found 48.8 million Americans live in food insecure households (14.5% of all households and 40% of households with income below the poverty line)
• 34% of American adults over the age of 20 and 17% of children (ages 2-19) are obese. Nearly 1/3 of low-income children ages 2-4 are obese
• 80 billion pounds of food is wasted in the US each year, about 40% of everything we grow.

Daily Table was created to help address the challenges of hunger and obesity by providing residents with tasty, convenient, healthy, affordable food in a manner that engenders dignity while being economically sustainable.