Food insecurity affects about a quarter of the world's population and more than 80 percent of US food banks are serving more people now than they did a year ago. How can we apply technology towards these challenges? Join our next Public Good App House demo event and discover five apps that address food insecurity. This demo event is moderated by Amanda Namayi. DEMOS ShareTheMeal United Nations World Food Programme ShareTheMeal is the mobile fundraising app from the United Nations World Food Programme. The app allows users to 'share their meal' with a hungry child with just a tap and $0.80, feeding 1 child for a day. Flashfood Reduce food waste and feed people affordably using Flashfood. Users get massive savings on fresh food items like meat and produce that are nearing their best before date at grocery stores across Canada and the U.S. MealConnect 2.0 Feeding America Since 2014, MealConnect has been facilitating local food donations for community hunger relief organizations. In just a few months, Feeding America will launch functions allowing produce growers to donate crops anywhere in the country and enable Feeding America food banks to more easily share bounty with their lower-resourced peer food banks. GetCalFresh Code for America Code for America built GetCalFresh to be the most human-centered, mobile-friendly, and efficient way to apply for the SNAP (also known as "food stamps") program. Code for America will share lessons learned while building the app, and what's coming next for helping Californians get the money for food that they're entitled to. OpenMeal This presentation will showcase how a user can order a meal from one of OpenMeal's partnered restaurants and pay for it using their provided credits.

1. February 3, 2021

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Alliance for a Green
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Public Good App House Panelists
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Josh
Domingues
Flashfood
Founder and CEO
Justin Block
Feeding America
Managing Director of
Digital Platform
Technology
Tom Dooner
Code for America
Senior Software
Engineer
Camaley
Jennings
United Nations, World
Food Programme
Partnerships Manager
Jonathan Sou
OpenMeal
Frontend Engineer Lead

8. ShareTheMeal
TOGETHER WE CAN END HUNGER

9. SHARETHEMEAL IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE
THE WORLD’S LARGEST HUMANITARIAN
ORGANIZATION ADDRESSING HUNGER.
AWARDED NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2020
ASSISTING 100 MILLION PEOPLE IN 88
COUNTRIES EACH YEAR.

10. THE POWER
TO END HUNGER
LIES IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
20 TIMES MORE
SMARTPHONE USERS
THAN HUNGRY CHILDREN

11. $0.80
FEEDS 1 CHILD FOR 1 DAY
WITH JUST A TAP
APPLE & GOOGLE PAY
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS
TEAM GIVING
GIFTING MEALS
14 LANGUAGES
30 CURRENCIES

12. 95+ MILLION
MEALS SHARED SINCE LAUNCH
4.2 MILLION
DOWNLOADS
270,000
ACTIVE USERS
72%
MILLENNIAL USERS
1 MEAL SHARED EVERY 3 SECONDS

13. GOOGLE PLAY &
APPLE APP STORE
FEATURES
AWARD
WINNING
RECOGNITION
GLOBAL
MARKETING
VISIBILITY

14. IN DECEMBER 2020
SHARETHEMEAL WAS AWARDED
APPLE’S ‘BEST OF 2020’
IN THE CATEGORY ‘TREND OF THE YEAR:
MAKING A DIFFERENCE’
GOOGLE’S ‘BEST APPS OF 2020’
IN THE CATEGORY ‘APPS FOR GOOD’

15. TECH STACK
FRONTEND
ANDROID - KOTLIN
iOS - SWIFT
WEB - REACT.JS
BACKEND
API - NODE.JS
INFRASTRUCTURE - AWS

17. DOWNLOAD THE APP
AND LET’S
FIGHT HUNGER TOGETHER

18. Thank You!
Camaley Jennings
Partnerships Manager, ShareTheMeal
camaley.jennings@wfp.org

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Public Good App House Panelists
@TechSoup #foodapps #publicgoodapphouse
Josh
Domingues
Flashfood
Founder and CEO
Justin Block
Feeding America
Managing Director of
Digital Platform
Technology
Tom Dooner
Code for America
Senior Software
Engineer
Camaley
Jennings
United Nations, World
Food Programme
Partnerships Manager
Jonathan Sou
OpenMeal
Frontend Engineer Lead

20. Intro to
Flashfood

21. Did you know?
of food produced around the
world is wasted or lost
30-40%
of perfectly good food is thrown out by
US grocers each year
$26b
Americans are food insecure
1 in 9
Source: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Feeding America
2

22. Flashfood is a
simple way for
grocers to sell
surplus food and
reduce waste.
2

23. How it works
2

24. 15m+
2
Pounds of food diverted
from landfills to date
Food posted on Flashfood is
sold
80%+
$10 - 15 Average basket size
For every $ spent on Flashfood,
$1.50 is spent on regular priced
items in-store
1.5
x
Key Metrics

25. ~40%
of Flashfood shoppers went to a store that was
different than their ‘regular’ store.
~70%
of shoppers bought full margin items in
addition to their Flashfood items.
Case study
National Canadian Grocer
Flashfood and a leading Canadian grocer partnered to launch a
four store pilot to prove the following benefits:
Reduce in-store shrink Improve store financials Boost employee
morale Create value for customers
Our Impact
Pace of rollout
5m+
Pounds of
food diverted
1m+
Downloads
78%+
Conversion
rate
2

26. Our current partners
• 650+ stores throughout Canada
and the United States
• Successfully scaled across
Canada in ~6 months
• Currently rolling out with Meijer,
Tops Friendly Markets, and The
GIANT Company
• Active pilots with Hy-Vee and
Family Fare in the United States
2

27. This has a massive impact on
communities
“My husband got laid off, and I’m a mother to a special needs
child.
Times are tough right now, and to make matters worse, my
husband had high blood pressure and I have a serious autoimmune
disease. Healthy eating was literally life or death.
But my family was able to afford to eat organic and healthy because of
this. And guess what? My husband’s blood pressure is down to nearly
normal, my autoimmune disease is now downgraded to mild. Healthy,
organic food usually costs a fortune for most families, but it’s $5 /
box here.
Thank you, it’s a lifesaver and a life changing app for us.”
- Letter from a Flashfood Shopper
Photo: @girlintheredshoes
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28. Interested in
learning more?
VP, Partnerships Director of Partnerships
@flashfoodinc
@flashfoodinc
/flashfoodinc
Flashfood Inc
403, 40 Hanna Ave
Toronto, Canada
M6K 3N7

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Public Good App House Panelists
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Josh
Domingues
Flashfood
Founder and CEO
Justin Block
Feeding America
Managing Director of
Digital Platform
Technology
Tom Dooner
Code for America
Senior Software
Engineer
Camaley
Jennings
United Nations, World
Food Programme
Partnerships Manager
Jonathan Sou
OpenMeal
Frontend Engineer Lead

30. MealConnect
Justin Block
Managing Director, Digital Platforms
Feeding America
February 2021

32. MealConnect Since 2014
6.3M
DONATION PICKUPS
2.5B POUNDS OF
FOOD RESCUED
9,300 HUNGER RELIEF
ORGANIZATIONS
16,500
WORKDAYS SAVED
32,750
DONOR LOCATIONS
SPONSORS

34. ▪ Food businesses anywhere in the country can
post a donation to MealConnect using the website
or app and be connected by algorithm to Feeding
America food banks and their nonprofit partners
▪ Trucks hauling rejected loads can be routed
to a Feeding America food bank to donate
surplus instead of destroying the wholesome food
▪ Manage recurring grocery store pickups by
smaller partner pantries
▪ Additional opt-in functionality for trained volunteer
drivers are automatically notified of the delivery
opportunity
• Omni-channel food offering and ordering capabilities –
Expand to all types of products, allowing for multi-pick,
multi-drop and complex produce combo truckloads
• Peer-to-peer sharing support – New ability for Food
Banks to share available product with their neighbors,
encouraging “sourcing to excess” and enabling the
acceptance of donation offers in a regional hub model
• Streamlined user interface – Overhauled user experience
and interface for smarter, more efficient food ordering and
quicker, more informed transportation decisions
• Demand and interest signaling – Food Banks can specify
their product needs for others to view and fill at the regional
and national level
• Regional offering use cases – New functionality for state
associations and evolving produce cooperatives
• Expanded integration points – Improved backend
architecture allows for integration with retailer inventory
systems, online markets and transportation boards to
automate low-level activity
Building on MealConnect success, the team hopes to release MealConnect 2.0
in Spring 2021. This will provide new capabilities and benefits to an expanded
range of stakeholders, allowing our network to become more agile and maximize
our national footprint, Feeding America’s most unique aspect.
MEALCONNECT TODAY MEALCONNECT TOMORROW

36. FEEDING AMERICA / 36 /

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Public Good App House Panelists
@TechSoup #foodapps #publicgoodapphouse
Josh
Domingues
Flashfood
Founder and CEO
Justin Block
Feeding America
Managing Director of
Digital Platform
Technology
Tom Dooner
Code for America
Senior Software
Engineer
Camaley
Jennings
United Nations, World
Food Programme
Partnerships Manager
Jonathan Sou
OpenMeal
Frontend Engineer Lead

45. Food to the people! 🥑

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Public Good App House Panelists
@TechSoup #foodapps #publicgoodapphouse
Josh
Domingues
Flashfood
Founder and CEO
Justin Block
Feeding America
Managing Director of
Digital Platform
Technology
Tom Dooner
Code for America
Senior Software
Engineer
Camaley
Jennings
United Nations, World
Food Programme
Partnerships Manager
Jonathan Sou
OpenMeal
Frontend Engineer Lead

47. Supporting local restaurants & individuals
affected by COVID-19

48. 31.3million
Filed for Unemployment
60%
of restaurants have closed
their doors due to COVID-19

49. Everyone deserves a
delicious meal to look
forward to.

50. OpenMeal alleviates
food-insecurity by providing
low-income individuals with free
meals purchased from local
minority-owned restaurants.
A Safety Net for the Community

51. Donate
Simple Model, Big
Impact
Restaurants receive funds
Diners get $20/week

52. We give back their autonomy by allowing
them to order their own meals.
Our Differentiation - Diners
We relieve their financial burden by giving
meal credits to order food for free.

53. Receive Your Credit Order a Meal All Ready!
How it works

54. Diner Demo

55. View dashboard
for restaurants
Quickly find
any restaurant
Shopping cart
+ credits left
$2000 limit for
every
restaurant

56. View menu and add items to cart

57. Checkout and
schedule pick up
time
Select
schedule date
and time
Pick up
location

58. Checkout and Confirmation
Present this verification
number at the restaurant
upon pick up
Provide an optional thank
you note to donors

59. Tech Stack
Backend:
● Flask
● PostgreSQL
Frontend:
● React
● Typescript
● TailwindCSS
Hosted on Heroku

60. Your donation gives more than just a meal
jonathan@openmeal.org
openmeal.or
g

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Josh
Domingues
Flashfood
Founder and CEO
Justin Block
Feeding America
Managing Director of
Digital Platform
Technology
Tom Dooner
Code for America
Senior Software
Engineer
Camaley
Jennings
United Nations, World
Food Programme
Partnerships Manager
Jonathan Sou
OpenMeal
Frontend Engineer Lead
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