Turn surplus food into meals that matter
Mealize connects restaurants, grocers, and other food businesses with food banks—so edible surplus becomes community meals instead of landfill.
Surplus food
List surplus in minutes
Add a photo, quantity, and pickup window—so food banks know what is available while it is still safe to move.
Food banks
Connect with those in need
Post requests, message businesses, and flag posts for your team—without losing context in email threads.
One coordinated pickup
Handle pickups in one app
Favorites, notifications, and reservations keep volunteers, managers, and drivers aligned through handoff.
Trusted by grocers & food banks
Why Mealize
One platform for surplus handoffs
Mealize exists to move safe, edible surplus off loading docks and into community programs—before spoilage and paperwork get in the way.
The challenge
Hunger and waste sit side by side
Even before recent shocks, millions of households were one emergency away from skipping meals. In 2019, about 10.5% of US households reported low or very low food security—while a staggering share of food never reaches a plate.
- The Covid-19 period saw roughly 22 million jobs lost between February and April 2020 in the US alone—disrupting wages and supply chains when people could least afford it.
- USDA estimates roughly 30–40% of the food supply goes uneaten—nutrition and labor thrown away alongside it.
- Closing that gap means connecting surplus to food banks faster than it spoils—and doing it at community scale.
Approach
A shared workspace for both sides
Businesses and food banks meet in one feed—with messaging and pickup scheduling—so a match becomes a handoff you can repeat week after week.
Product tour
How Mealize works
Five steps from posting a need to a confirmed drop-off—the screenshots below follow the same path you will use in the app.
Step walkthrough
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Food banks spell out what helps most
Managers publish structured requests—so businesses see exactly what would make a difference this week, not a vague wish list.
Onboarding
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