Overview

Mealize is an app that aims to reduce food scarcity and waste by connecting businesses to nonprofits.

The problem

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2019 about 10.5% of total US households reported that they had low food security or very low food security. (Source: Economic Research Service - U.S. Department Of Agriculture)

However, each year in the USA, an estimated 30-40% of food supply gets wasted. (Source: U.S. Department Of Agriculture)

The Covid-19 pandemic caused 22 million job losses in the USA from February 2020 to April 2020, and the entire supply chain was disrupted. (Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics)

As a result, feeding at-risk populations in the USA has become an extremely pressing issue.

Proposed solution

Create a centralized location where businesses and nonprofits can connect, communicate and set up pickup times for surplus food.

• Nonprofit managers can post requests for items that are in high demand.
• Nonprofit managers can filter through their feed by category and find exactly what they need.
• Business managers can post pictures of surplus food.
• Business managers will not waste time attempting to deliver food to nonprofits, only to find out that the nonprofit will not accept their items such as bread, pasta, or refrigerated/frozen foods.

Features

• Light mode, dark mode and background customization
• Post a request as a nonprofit manager.
• Post surplus food as a business manager.
• Add posts to favorites list.
• Notify managers about good items you find.
• Send pick up request to business owners (limited to nonprofit managers).
• Accept or decline pick up requests (limited to business managers).
• Check pending and accepted deliveries.
• Filter by category and search items by keywords!