An example from Hungary, identified by the CORE project (Interreg Europe), is the Munch app. Restaurants, bakeries, and pastry shops can sign up, offering leftover but good quality food at a discount, instead of throwing it away. Customers can then find the Munch (food for sale) nearest to them based on their geographical location and buy it with a discount of 30 to 40%. A portion of the Munch is also donated to people in need.
The app is active all over Hungary, and has of late expanded to Slovakia, Romania and other countries. So far, the app was able to redistribute over 1,000,000 portions of saved food, preventing the emission of over 1600 tonnes of greenhouse gases. Over 11 500 food portions have been delivered to people in need resulting in savings of EUR580,000, and the enrolment of thousands of registered members.
More information:
https://www.interregeurope.eu/find-policy-solutions/stories/rescue-food-from-food-waste-to-food-aid
