Become a Donor

Welcome and thank you for your partnership. Our mission is simple: to rescue good edible food that otherwise would be trashed in the landfill and give it to those in need.  In the United States we waste 40% of food that makes it to market. Recouping only 15% of food wasted would feed 25 million people.

In San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, businesses wanting to alleviate food waste and reduce hunger have partnered with Peninsula Food Runners. Peninsula Food Volunteers are required to take a food safety test in order to be qualified to pick up excess food that delivered it to local shelters and food programs for the needy.

We've partnered with ChowMatch to manage our food donations.  To donate food, please sign-up on the ChowMatch application.

Here are some of our donors :

Grocery Businesses: Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Lunardi, Mollie stones and Cardenas.

Corporate dining and cafeterias : Bon Appetit, Compass, Sodexo.

Companies: Google, LinkedIn, Gilead, Zoox, Genentech, Palo Alto Networks, Verkada, Snowflake, Franklin Templeton, Sequoia Capital, Waymo.

Caterers such as Joshua Catering, Nourish Catering, Guckenheimer Catering, Taste Catering SF, Cater2Me, and Paula LeDuc

Restaurants like KTea Cafe, paxti’s, Pizza My Heart, Grilled Em Pizza, Rangoon, Kasa India and Oren Hummus

 Donating surplus food is safe and legal. It is important to note that food donors are protected from legal liability by both state and federal laws.

Please keep in mind starting 2022, all food generators will be encourage to partner with a food recovery group like Peninsula Food Runners to donate good edible food to feed needy and to reduce food waste in the landfill. Sign up today while this service is free.

If you have excess food from home or a small private event, you can deliver to one of our local shelters.