Can This App Really Reduce Food Waste?

it wont work for people like me that dont have a smartphone but it sounds like a good idea; the stores wont lose money throwing out good food and the people who need can get to it

This is great. Everything that saves food can help. A lot of food waste is consumer-driven. People won't buy imperfect-looking food and they won't buy food based on the date on the label...but a lot of the dates are not really "expiry" dates. People are working with food companies to change how they decide to put dates on food so consumers are not misled. There are 2 great movies, Dive! www.divethemovie.com and Just Eat It! http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/03/just-eat-it-documentary-food-waste/ about people 'saving' dumped food. In the latter movie, 2 people ate only discarded food for 6 months. They found so much high-quality food that friends "shopped" at their house during this time!! Another org in the NYC area is Rock and Wrap It Up! that collects unserved foods and can bring to homeless shelters, etc. As well the Bill Emmerson Good Samaritan Act protects orgs that donate food from liability http://www.foodtodonate.com/Fdcmain/LegalLiabilities.aspx

I hope it works. But in my city, most restaurants etc are not able to donate even when they want to participate due to health codes. Also restricts non profits as they can "warm" food items but can not cook or store foods, which would require another permit, cost & inspections. Seems like every time people want to do good, there's a road block (or a rule that channels the flow of $). Best of luck, I hope it works and takes off.