Food Connection

Food Connection Food Connection collects surplus fresh meals from restaurants and caterers and delivers the food to neighborhoods in need and non profits who feed the hungry.

FOOD CONNECTION IS CURRENTLY ONLY AVAILABLE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY and MADISON COUNTY in NORTH CAROLINA. Keeping good food from going to waste! Restaurants and caterers often prepare food they don’t end up serving to customers. Maybe it’s a tray of pasta that only a few customers ordered or a platter of sandwiches that wasn’t served. Food Connection picks up that food and delivers it to local organiza

tions or agencies that provide meals for those in need in our community. Food Connection was founded in Asheville, NC in 2015 and is operating throughout Buncombe and Madison Counties. How does It work?
-Donors submit an application which our team will review. Once approved, Food Connections can begin right away.

-Following the North Carolina Food Safety Guidelines donors place the food (minimum of 18 portions) in a recyclable tray, wrap it and label it with donor name, location, a description of the item, and the date and time it was packaged.

-WIthin a 4 mile radius of downtown Asheville donors can send a text message to the Food Connection hotline, and AVL RIDE comes to pick up the food within 30 minutes. What about liability? State and federal laws protect organizations from liability whenever they donate food they believe to be safe. Good faith food donors are not subject to civil and criminal liability
should the product later cause harm to its recipient. Learn more about the federal "Good Samaritan law"
http://www.foodtodonate.com/Fdcmain/LegalLiabilities.aspx


For general information please visit our website: https://food-connection.org/

THANK YOU!

🙂We were honored to meet with Adrian Mines, Executive Director of the WNC Chapter of the American Red Cross today. We di...
09/02/2026

🙂We were honored to meet with Adrian Mines, Executive Director of the WNC Chapter of the American Red Cross today. We discussed ways to partner both during blue sky moments and during disasters, and are excited to collaborate in the future!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Congrats to our Chefs in Action Raffle Ticket winners, Leigh G. & Bonnie S. Look for an em...
09/01/2026

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Congrats to our Chefs in Action Raffle Ticket winners, Leigh G. & Bonnie S. Look for an email from us with a link to your TWO free tickets for each of you plus your guests.
Sorry to those of you who didn't win this time. Rest well knowing that your $20 goes straight to helping Food Connection reduce food waste and ease hunger in Western North Carolina!

💚 We’re Hiring: Hub Manager! 💚Food Connection is expanding, and we’re looking for a Hub Manager to join our team at our ...
08/31/2026

💚 We’re Hiring: Hub Manager! 💚

Food Connection is expanding, and we’re looking for a Hub Manager to join our team at our new central distribution Hub.

We’re looking for someone who shares our passion for reducing food waste and easing hunger, and who is a collaborative team player with strong organizational and management skills.

Our new Hub will be a central logistics center for rescued food and prepared meals, helping us grow our partnerships and get even more food to our neighbors.

Food service experience is a plus!

If you’re organized, mission-driven, and excited to be part of a team making a difference in our community, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply here: https://my.career.place/apply/hub-manager-cmt7m4cyzh6yf0jlctmq6ibl6?source=external.

Thank you, MANNA FoodBank!
08/30/2026

Thank you, MANNA FoodBank!

Do you or someone you know need help with groceries this week in WNC? We can help with our free food Community Markets. These markets are full choice, for everyone, and no questions asked.

Please share our mobile market calendar for the week of August 31st through September 4th. These markets are just one way that MANNA distributes food to WNC – visit mannafoodbank.org/find-food/ to find more ways we can help.

Tuesday, September 1

1:30 – 3:30 PM
Nantahala (at Aquone Baptist Church)
71 Old School Rd, Topton, NC 28781

4:30 – 6 PM
Enka Middle School
390 Asbury Rd, Candler, NC 28715

Wednesday, September 2

10 AM - 12 PM
Southwestern Community College
60 Almond School Rd, Bryson City, NC 28713

3 – 4:30 PM
Aston Park Towers
165 S French Broad Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Thursday, September 3

1:30 – 2:30 PM
Harrah’s Casino - Cherokee
777 Casino Dr, Cherokee, NC 28719

Friday, September 4

3 – 4:30 PM
Fairview Library Market
1 Taylor Rd, Fairview, NC, 28730

JOIN US!!We will be with our friends from Nest Realty Asheville at New Belgium Brewing - Asheville tomorrow from 5-7pm....
08/24/2026

JOIN US!!

We will be with our friends from Nest Realty Asheville at New Belgium Brewing - Asheville tomorrow from 5-7pm.

If you make a donation to Food Connection, Nest Realty will buy you a drink! Cheers to that! 🍺

See you there!

🐾💚🐾Food Connection is proud to welcome our tiniest new family member, River! He adopted Whitney Rea, our Program Directo...
08/21/2026

🐾💚🐾Food Connection is proud to welcome our tiniest new family member, River! He adopted Whitney Rea, our Program Director, as her new mama. They recently found each other at Amy’s Angels Dog Rescue. It was love at first sight! Cheers to River and to all of the experiences yet to come!

💚Looking forward to growing our partnership in Hendersonville with Deacon Tim, Jake, and the rest of the St James family...
08/20/2026

💚Looking forward to growing our partnership in Hendersonville with Deacon Tim, Jake, and the rest of the St James family!💚

08/20/2026

We 💚 our rockstar volunteers. Today they packed 723 meals for our neighbors!! Special shout out to our afternoon dishwashing duo, Lorrie & Barbara (featured in our cover photo).

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