We believe no food should go to waste while neighbors go hungry.
Pantry was born from a simple observation: every night, restaurants throw away perfectly good food while food banks down the street struggle to keep their shelves stocked. The disconnect isn’t generosity — people want to donate. It’s friction. The process of donating food is slow, confusing, and offers no incentive.
We built Pantry to remove every barrier. Scan a barcode, tap donate, get your tax receipt. That’s it. For food banks, donations appear on a live dashboard with one-click claim and pickup coordination.
“Our mission is to make donating food easier than throwing it away.”
40%
of US food production goes to waste annually
44M
Americans face food insecurity
10%
of surplus food gets donated
72B
lbs of food wasted in the US each year
Sources: USDA Economic Research Service, Feeding America
If donating food takes more than 60 seconds, we've failed.
Every donation tracked, every receipt generated, every impact measured.
Free for individual donors. Free for food banks. Always.
Designed in Hallowell for communities everywhere.
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Whether you’re a donor, a food bank, or an investor — there’s a place for you.