— our mission —
to build a healthier community by providing access to nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste.
who we are
Second Servings is Houston’s only prepared and perishable food rescue organization. Since 2015, we’ve been redirecting unserved and unsold food from retailers, sports venues, distributors, hotels, etc., to the people who really need it at shelters, soup kitchens, low-income housing and many other nonprofits
our impact
In Harris County, more than 20% of people face food insecurity, yet 40% of the available food supply gets thrown away.
Since we began operations in 2015, we have rescued over 15 million pounds of food, valued at more than $103 million, from over 450 food donors and delivered it to over 150 local nonprofits.
As one of the fastest-growing nonprofits in Houston, Second Servings delivers food that helps nourish over 250,000 Houstonians in need each year.
250,000 people
have gained access to high-quality, nutritious food through the nonprofits that we serve
15,000,000 pounds
of surplus food has been rescued since we began operations in 2015
$103,000,000 dollars
worth of food has been provided to our nonprofit partners, saving them time and money for other services
what is food rescue?
Food rescue, also known as food recovery, is the practice of retrieving unserved and unsold food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing it to those in need. The food we recover is perfectly edible, but was either surplus from a banquet or event, or unsold due to package dates, excess inventory, mislabeled, cosmetically challenged, etc.
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