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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 to feed the hungry in 2022:
- A CATERED AFFAIR
- ABRAHAM CATERING
- ABSOLUTELY FRESH
- AMBASSADOR REAL ESTATE
- ARBOR HALL
- ATTITUDE ON FOOD
- AUDI OMAHA
- BELLEVUE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER HALL
- BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MIDLANDS
- BONE FISH GRILL
- CANTEEN VENDING
- CATERING CREATIONS
- CHEDDAR’S KITCHEN
- CHICK-FIL-A, BELLEVUE
- CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
- CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH
- CHURCH OF THE MASTER
- EAT FIT GO
- EILEEN’S COLOSSAL COOKIES
- EMBASSY SUITES, LA VISTA
- EUREST/ LINKEDIN
- EUREST/KIEWIT
- EVOLVE JUICERY & KITCHEN
- FILM STREAMS
- FRITO LAY
- FUSION MEDICAL STAFFING
- GOODBOY TRANSPORTATION
- GRACE ABBOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- GREENBERG FRUIT
- GRETNA SCHOOLS
- HILTON HOTELS
- HONEY BAKED HAM
- HY-VEE (8 LOCATIONS)
- JIMMYS EGG
- KFC, MILLARD
- KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER
- KUM & GO (12 LOCATIONS)
- LA VISTA COMMUNITY CENTER
- LALA US
- LEVY/CHARLES SCHWAB FIELD OMAHA
- LEVY/CHI CENTER
- LINEAGE LOGISTICS
- LJS LOGISTICS
- LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE
- LUNCH BOX FOODS
- MARRIOTT CAPITOL DISTRICT
- MAX I WALKER
- MID AMERICA CENTER
- NO MORE EMPTY POTS
- OLIVE GARDEN
- OMAHA BAKERY
- OMAHA DESIGN CENTER
- OMAHA STEAKS
- OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE (2 LOCATIONS)
- PINNACLE BANK GOLF TOURNAMENT
- PLEASURE YOUR PALATE
- QUIK TRIPS (14 LOCATIONS)
- RESTAURANT DEPOT
- RIGEL AIRPORT SERVICES
- RUNZA (VARIOUS LOCATIONS)
- SKUTT CATHOLIC SCHOOL
- SMOKE SOUTHERN BBQ
- SODEXO/CREIGHTON BRANDEIS
- SODEXO/CREIGHTON HARPER
- SODEXO/PAYPAL
- SONS OF ITALY HALL
- SPECTRA/WERNER PARK BALL PARK
- ST. ELIZABETH ANN CHURCH
- ST. FRANCIS ASSISI CHURCH
- ST. FRANCES CABRINI CATHOLIC CHURCH
- ST. JOHNNY VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH
- ST. MICHAEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
- TAXIS RESTAURANT
- TIRED TEXAN BBQ
- TOGETHER
- TRADER JOE’S
- UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
- VALAS PUMPKIN PATCH & APPLE ORCHARD
- VFW
- WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER
- WESTSIDE MEAL SERVICES
- WHOLE FOODS
- WOHLNER’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