Rescued Food From The Detroit Grand Prix Feeds Thousands

Detroit Metro Food Rescue helped feed more than 5,000 people with food that would have been thrown out after the Detroit Grand Prix.

Metro Food Rescue is collecting excess food from the Detroit Grand Prix to feed those in need across Michigan, providing approximately 5,000 meals to 10 different organizations. Founder Chad Techner aims to reduce food waste in metro Detroit by delivering leftover food from events to those in need.

Tens of thousands of pounds of food would have been thrown away, but thanks to the hard work put in by everyone at Metro Food Rescue, that food will feed thousands. Check out their FB Live video showing the truckloads of food saved.

Metro Food Rescue was started in 2020 to help deal with the city's food insecurity crisis. Their mission statement on Facebook tells you everything you need to know.

We rescue food that would otherwise be thrown away from farms & food pantries that have had a surplus of particular items & quickly get it into the hands of our Metro Detroit neighbors who face food insecurity.

This is not the first time that Metro Food Rescue has turned a potential huge food wasting event into a huge win in the fight against hunger. When Detroit hosted the NFL Draft last year, Metro Food Rescue saved over 70,000 pounds of food.

Since opening in 2020, Metro Food Rescue has saved 2.5 million pounds of food that would have otherwise ended up in landfills. That food has been used to feed more than 70,000 people in Michigan.