Market Place

Market Place

About This Programme

The Market Place programme seeks to create a win-win solution that reduces food waste while feeding the needy by channeling food that retailers do not wish to keep on the shelves but still good for consumption food to those who need it.

The items are distributed to welfare homes and other beneficiaries via our Community Food Pack programme.

Find out about our other programmes, Community Food Pack and School Goodie Bag that feed the needy, as well as another that seeks to even out the food distribution in Singapore, Bread Run.

Receiving Unsellable Items

Food from the Heart has established a collaborative effort with NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Ltd to receive packaging-damaged and near-expiry items from all their supermarkets.

We urge retailers to step forward to make a meaningful, business-savvy contribution to Food from the Heart. Indicate your interest here.

Food Sorting

Just as how a retail mart offers a wide array of options for shoppers, the items we receive via the Market Place programme are equally varied.

Our beneficiaries' well-being is of utmost importance, which is why we conduct strict quality checks to make sure all the food we distribute is safe for consumption. The process includes checking for expiration dates and the food safety aspects of the packaging.

Keen to help us sort our food? Indicate your interest as an individual here or as a group here.

Food Distribution

After our food has been qualified as safe, they will be redistributed. Every month, partnering welfare homes send us their food wish lists, which we will fulfill as much as we can. After they are packed by volunteers, the food is ready for collection. They are brought back to the homes at zero cost - everything is given for free!

We welcome fellow Social Service Organisations that require food provisions to reach out to us here.

The remaining items are then deployed for use in our Community Food Pack programme.