Feeding Express

A mobile app for produce order & delivery between Feeding Texas & Food Banks, reducing their cycle time & money, helping feed more people.

The app will solve the inefficiencies in the food bank supply chain. It will increase the volume of food in the supply chain by reducing the response time between customers -Feeding Texas (Austin) and its 21 Food Banks, in ordering and coordinating the delivery of produce. The food insecure people in Austin will have access to more nutritious food because the produce will be moved quickly (3 days in advance), meaning produce can be saved from food loss (produce unfit for consumption) and food from losing its nutritional value, since each day that passes by, the produce loses its nutritional value.

The app will save Feeding Texas (Austin) and Central Texas Food Banks (Austin) and its agencies increase the volume of produce and supply provide food insecure people in Austin with more nutritious produce, leading to a reduction in malnutrition and towards Zero Hunger in Austin.

With the current system, it takes 7-8 days for the produce from the date of availability to reach food insecure people. And because there is no streamlined ordering mechanism (currently used - Email, Phone, Text), more than 40% of the produce being delivered to the food banks is expired and unfit for consumption.

With Feeding Express app, it will only take 4 days for the produce to get delivered, 4 days in advance and food will have good nutritional value. This app will also save 130 days worth of time for Feeding Texas employees who coordinate 6 million pounds of produce per month / 142 trucks, making them more effective and efficient in their mission towards a hunger free Texas.

Most of the food bank representatives who order produce are constantly on the move and this app will enable them to order produce in just 4 clicks making it convenient and easy to use.