The Misfits Market family (including Imperfect Foods) believes that a sustainable food system is—and must be—one that serves everyone. In our vision, everyone has access to nutritious food and all food goes to its highest outcome. One way we’re working toward that vision is by partnering with more than 60 organizations across the country that are fighting hunger and increasing food access and security—and our community is vital to helping support this important work.
And that number has increased by 30% in just the past year. At the same time, 33% of all food in the US—78 million tons—went to waste or was lost in the fields in 2022 (ReFED). That's unconscionable, but it's also solvable if we work together. At Misfits Market, we’ve been working to save food from waste and loss since our founding. As we have grown, so have our partnerships to address food access and security: Today we partner with more than 60 food banks and pantries and local food access organizations leading the work of serving and feeding our neighbors. Now, we’re teaming up with Feeding America to deepen our impact through our Misfits+ program—keep reading for more details.
When customers skip their recurring Misfits Market order, they have the option of having us make a donation on their behalf to a non-profit organization that saves food from waste or loss, alleviates hunger, improves health outcomes through nutrition, and/or builds a more sustainable food system through community outreach. That means that every week you don’t need groceries is an opportunity for charitable giving.
Every order placed by Misfits+ members helps provide 2+ meals* through Feeding America. And even better, that food goes to a food bank or food pantry near you to fight hunger right in your area.**
Some leftovers are inevitable in any grocery business. So each week, we take excess produce and packaged foods in our facilities and donate it to our local food bank and pantry partners who lead food access and security in our neighborhoods and communities. Since our founding, we have donated over 20 million pounds of food to our partner organizations.
We work with a variety of charity organizations that fight hunger and provide food donations to the people who need it. Here are just two we’re proud to support:
Misfits Market is an official partner of Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. They support tens of millions of people who experience food insecurity to get the food and resources they say they need to thrive through Feeding America’s nationwide network of member food banks. Feeding America also invests in innovative solutions to increase equitable access to nutritious food, advocate for legislation that improves food security and work to address factors that impact food security, such as health, cost of living and employment.
As one of our longtime in-kind donation partners, Hollywood Food Coalition has been nourishing the Los Angeles community since 1987 by rescuing and distributing food, preparing nightly meals, and uniting efforts to achieve food equity. They served more than 91,000 meals in 2023 and more community members each day than any other social service agency in the area, including neighbors typically marginalized by the food and social services system.
Sharing Excess is a national food rescue and distribution nonprofit organization and longtime partner of Misfits Market as a recipient of in-kind donations. We’re expanding our partnership with a $200,000 grant to help Sharing Excess continue its food rescue and distribution operations in Hunts Point Produce Market, the largest produce market in the world by volume. This donation will help increase community engagement and fuel the distribution of 10 million pounds of nutritious food in NYC communities annually.
Our very first Impact Report shows the positive change that we created together within the food system in 2023. Check it out to see the good we’ve already been able to do, and some of the plans we’ve laid to continue working toward a better food system for all.
If you ever need to skip a Misfits Market order, we make it easy to donate your minimum order amount to help fight hunger, plus support other improvements in the food system.
We’re currently testing a paid membership program—one of the many highlights of this program is a donation to Feeding America with every order! To see if you’re eligible, just head to your Account page. If you are, you’ll find everything you need to know about the program right there.
*$1 helps Feeding America to provide at least 10 meals to people facing hunger. For each Misfits+ order placed beginning July 10, 2024 and ending December 31, 2024, 25 cents will be donated to Feeding America. **90% of our donation will go to the local partner Feeding America food bank based on your zip code; 10% of our donation will support the activities of the Feeding America national organization.
