Foodsaver become: tasks and what you should consider

Almost 98,000 foodsaver are involved in waste of food. Around 9,700 companies continuously cooperate with foodsharing.de. Over 50 thousand tons of food could be saved from the bin. The numbers of the grocery rescuers (status 06/21), which work together under the roof of foodsharing.de , are impressive. Nevertheless, new help is continuously needed. If you want to participate and become foodsaver, you have the following tasks:

• In coordination with foodsharing.de, you take over the pickup of food residues in registered companies. They usually work together in the team. A friendly collegial approach is a matter of course for foodsharing.de.
• Then make sure that the food is brought to the woman and the man. After all, everything usable should be used. The fair part stations are also mostly organized through the organization.
• Sometimes foodsaver also have to sort out the picked up goods. To do this, you must be able to recognize bad and inedible foods independently and certainly so that there are no health risks when eating.
• Important maxim when acting the foodshare: Everything is going professionally, friendly and serious, because they are also ambassadors for the organization. Successful cooperation is only guaranteed in the long term if the affiliated companies are satisfied. The wishes and requirements of the delivery companies have a priority.
• It is also very important to adhere to time arrangements: punctuality and reliability when taking over the pick -up tours is a must. If you want to or have to suspend dates that have already been fixed, then you must also try to represent in good time.

because the handling of saved foods and their donors and the distribution process is a sensitive thing, foodsaver who volunteer for foodsharing.de must go through a small training. The way to the grocery savior runs in stages.

• The first step: You register as a foodshare (food divider) on the platform from foodsharing.de. This is simply about the naming of the name, date of birth, place of residence, choice of a password and an email address to confirm your registration.
• You now have the opportunity to register your own food as a food basket for passing on or to operate central fair divisors.Of course, you can already take on food from others as a buyer.
• In any case, learn the necessary hygiene and distribution rules that Foodsharing.de presents on its pages: Which foods can be distributed at all? Which foods mean a microbial risk and are excluded from the distribution - such as minced meat, raw milk products, food with unspeakable egg etc. You should be able to answer and apply such questions safely.
• Also visit your next fair divider positions. Here you can meet like -minded people, take care of the exchange of experiences and get an overview of the entire work of the association. However, also take into account: During the Lockdown or Strange General Contact Restrictions, these places may not be open at times.