Adding the 4th "R"
We’ve heard of reduce, reuse, and recycle. While they’re all key in our quest towards a greener future, there’s another way we can make a difference across Canada.
And that difference is rescue.
We're here to help with tips and tricks for reducing food waste. Whether that’s making a marinade from pickle juice or finding a place for the flavourful cheese rind in your soups, these suggestions can help you use up every part of the products you buy.
Our tips are here to help you make your food go further and become a food rescuer at home! So, join in the conversation and share your Food
Rescue tips on social media using #FoodRescue.
Make your food go further!
10 Ways to Rescue Food at Home
Click a tip that interests you to find out more about food rescue from fridge to pantry!
Together, We Can Do OurPart™ to Rescue Food
At IGA, we are a family nurturing families. Meaning we're committed to doing OurPart™ to rescue food; to help prevent food waste and help redirect food surplus to communities across Canada who experience food insecurity.
And there’s so much to share, whether it’s keeping the rind for later or reorganizing the fridge: using our tips and tricks can help extend the life of food. So, discover our food rescue tips below and join #FoodRescue movement.
Click an icon to find out how you can rescue any food at home!
Waste Reduction Week in Canada
Every year, in the third week of October, we come together in celebration of the year-long efforts for working towards a greener tomorrow.
This year, it’s even bigger. We added the 4th "R" and celebrated over 20 years of reducing 2.2 million tonnes of avoidable food waste with Waste Reduction Week in Canada. And it’s here we learn just how to make our food go further. So, we’re redirecting food otherwise wasted and helping make a difference with food rescue.
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An Introduction to Second Harvest
From the first harvest to the fork, Second Harvest is a Canadian-wide organization working across the food production line. They highlight issues of food waste and solutions for everyone to help direct food to a place where it's most needed.
In fact, with another one of our food waste statistics, we can see they've already made a huge positive impact. Second Harvest has so far provided nearly 7.5 million meals and averted nearly 23.5 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions!
And that's exactly why we've partnered with them. So we can work together to continue making this impact through the Second Harvest Food Rescue app and more.
Food Rescue Partners!
We've partnered with Joy from @joyoushealth to show how we can all make Food Rescue our mission and to share tips on how to prevent food from rotting in our fridge and ending up in a compost bin.
One of my top food rescue tips and tricks? Store unused ripe avocados in the freezer - great for smoothies!
- Joy
Food Rescue Partners!
We're also working with @aimeebourque to introduce the 4th “R” - reduce, reuse, recycle, RESCUE! Join Aimee in becoming a Food Rescuer and follow along as she shares simple, conscientious actions that can make a remarkable difference to reduce food waste, save money and help the environment.
Our Partnership with Second Harvest
IGA West is proud to partner with Second Harvest to reduce food waste by donating surplus food to people in need. Second Harvest is Canada’s largest food rescue organization, specializing in saving food before it hits the landfill.
In 2018, Second Harvest launched its Food Rescue App and Sobeys Inc. began successfully using the app in select stores soon after. We’re proud to announce that this year the Food Rescue App is now partnered with IGA stores across Western Canada. Together, we’ll work towards reducing food waste and feeding those in need across Canada.
Our Partnership with Second Harvest
IGA West is proud to partner with Second Harvest to reduce food waste by donating surplus food to people in need. Second Harvest is Canada’s largest food rescue organization, specializing in saving food before it hits the landfill.
In 2018, Second Harvest launched its Food Rescue App and Sobeys Inc. began successfully using the app in select stores soon after. We’re proud to announce that this year the Food Rescue App is now partnered with IGA stores across Western Canada. Together, we’ll work towards reducing food waste and feeding those in need across Canada.
Meet our IGA West Food Rescue Partner!
Matt (a.k.a. @dashingdad_yyc ) has teamed up with us as a Food Rescuer to show easy ways to start reducing food waste in your own home. Join us as we do OurPartTM to highlight the 4th 'R' - Rescue!
Our Partnership with Second Harvest
IGA West is proud to partner with Second Harvest to reduce food waste by donating surplus food to people in need. Second Harvest is Canada’s largest food rescue organization, specializing in saving food before it hits the landfill.
In 2018, Second Harvest launched its Food Rescue App and Sobeys Inc. began successfully using the app in select stores soon after. We’re proud to announce that this year the Food Rescue App is now partnered with IGA stores across Western Canada. Together, we’ll work towards reducing food waste and feeding those in need across Canada.