Our platform, PlateConnect, aims to reduce food waste and alleviate food insecurity by providing a user-friendly interface that enables restaurants and grocery stores to easily donate their surplus food by connecting them with nearby food banks and charities that need food. Our website and app encompass a sustainable and innovative interface for our customers, whether they are donors or receivers, and is accessible at all times. It allows customers to easily and efficiently navigate through our mission, connect with food banks or donors based on real-time matching algorithms and location/zip code, create an account, and learn more about our innovative app
Be able to register an account as a food bank/shelter or as a grocery store/restaurant to be able to connect and share food
Using our search and filter feature, be able to research food banks or restaurants, to find the ones that match your needs
Once you find the right food provider, be able to connect and communicate with them to facilitate the transportation of excess food