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Phone: 402-913-6776
Email: info@savinggracefoodrescue.org
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Food Donations & Criteria
Do you know of a food business that has surplus perishable food – produce, dairy products, meats, healthy grains, prepared foods and more? We encourage food vendors to partner with Saving Grace to reduce wasted food and give more people access to good nutrition. We provide a professional and reliable service to both regularly scheduled and on-call food donors. Partnering with us makes good business sense. Our food donors are eligible for a tax credit, save on dumpster fees and support their sustainability plan – plus, giving food to those in need is a great employee engagement tool and way to give back to the community.
Criteria for Food Donations:
• Food to feed a minimum of 20-25 people, in order to curb our truck expenses.
• Excess food must have been properly maintained (refrigerated or frozen) and held in the kitchen without being served due to health regulations. We do not accept food that has been opened to the public. Please consider using smaller serving trays so we can rescue more of your excess food.
• Please give us as much advance notice as possible. We do not warehouse food; it is delivered the same day we receive it. Our pick-up schedules are made during the early morning hours with deliveries to our local non-profits feeding our hungry neighbors that afternoon.
• If you have an evening function where there may be excess food, please make arrangements to refrigerate the food overnight; we will collect it the following weekday morning.
• We do not accept food donations in our office as we are a food distributor and do not warehouse food.
Let your employees, customers and the community know you help people and the planet by donating excess food with our food donor emblem. Food donors can proudly display this emblem to let people know they are a Saving Grace partner.
Food Donors
A heartfelt thank you to the businesses and organizations who donated their excess perishable food in 2024:
- A CATERED AFFAIR
- ABRAHAM CATERING
- ATTITUDE ON FOOD
- BIAGGI’S RISTORANTE ITALIANO
- BONE FISH GRILL
- BOYS TOWN
- BRIDGEWATER FARM
- CAKE EXPRESSIONS INC
- CATERING 2 YOU
- CATERING CREATIONS
- CENTRAL STATES INDEMNITY COMPANY
- CHEDDAR’S KITCHEN
- CHI HEALTH (5 Locations)
- CHICK-FIL-A
- CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH
- CHURCH OF THE MASTER
- CLEAN SLATE FOOD CO
- DC CENTRE
- DINKERS BAR AND GRILL
- EILEEN’S COLOSSAL COOKIES
- ELEVATOR CO- WAREHOUSING + COMMUNITY
- EMBASSY SUITES (2 Locations)
- EUREST/ CHARLES SCHWAB OMAHA
- EUREST/ FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA
- EUREST/ FNBO
- EUREST/ LINKEDIN
- EUREST/ MUTUAL OF OMAHA
- EUREST/ KIEWIT OMAHA
- Eurest/ VALMONT INDUSTRIES
- FILM STREAMS
- FRITO LAY
- GODFATHER’S PIZZA
- GREENBERG FRUIT
- HAPPY HOLLOW CLUB
- HILTON HOTELS
- HUGO SPECIALTY FOODS
- HY-VEE (13 LOCATIONS)
- J. GILBERT’S WOOD-FIRED STEAKS AND SEAFOOD
- JAMS MODERN AMERICAN (2 LOCATIONS)
- JIMMYS EGG
- JOE’S DUCK INN BAR
- KEYSTONE EVENT CENTER
- KITCHEN COUNCIL
- KUM & GO (16 LOCATIONS)
- KUTAK ROCK LLP
- LAKELAND
- LALA US
- LE QUARTIER BAKING CO.
- LEGACY SCHOOL
- LEVY/ CHARLES SCHWAB FIELD OMAHA
- LEVY/ CHI CENTER
- LINEAGE LOGISTICS
- LITTLE KING
- LUNCH BOX FOODS
- MARKET BASKET
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH
- MID AMERICA CENTER
- MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
- NITRO ICE CREAM
- OLIVE GARDEN
- OMAHA BREWING COMPANY
- OMAHA FARMERS MARKET
- OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS/ HOLLAND CENTER
- OMAHA PERFORMING ARTS/ STEELHOUSE
- OMAHA STEAKS
- OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE (2 LOCATIONS)
- OVG/ WERNER PARK
- PANERA BREAD
- PATRICIA CATERING & COCKTAILS
- PENFED CREDIT UNION
- PLEASURE YOUR PALATE
- PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE CROSS
- QUALITY REFRIGERATED SERVICES
- QUIK TRIPS (15 LOCATIONS)
- REESE FARMS
- RIGEL AIRPORT SERVICE
- RUHLMAN’S STEAKHOUSE
- RUNZA
- SAINT MICHAEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
- SCOTT’S PICO
- SENIOR MARKET SALES
- SODEXO/ CREIGHTON BRANDEIS
- SODEXO/ CREIGHTON HARPER
- SODEXO/ NEBRASKA MEDICINE
- SONS OF ITALY
- ST FRANCES CABRINI CATHOLIC CHURCH
- ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SCHOOL
- ST. WENCESLAUS SCHOOL
- STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY
- THE RELEVANT CENTER
- TRADER JOE’S
- VALAS PUMPKIN PATCH & APPLE ORCHARD
- WESTSIDE MEAL SOLUTIONS
- WHOLE FOODS
- WOHLNER’S
- WONTON JON’S
Why it Matters
Food comprises 17% of Nebraska’s municipal waste stream; making it the third largest contributor to landfill waste in the state and first in Omaha.
In our industry, your heart breaks when you have to throw the food away, knowing there are people out there who really need it. Our partnership allows us to give back to our community and help families. It’s wonderful to be a part of something that makes such a huge impact.Jennifer Snow
Chef and Co-owner, Catering Creations