Careit

Name

Careit

Legal name

Careit Co.

Website

https://careit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Recovery Software

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210), Community Food Services (62421), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Assistance & Safety Nets (In-Kind, Vouchers, Cash Transfers) (BPADAJAA), Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF)

Keywords

• Food recovery software
• Surplus food marketplace
• Food donation platform
• ESG impact reporting
• SB 1383 compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Chattanooga

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Marketplace Transaction Fee (5% Platform Fee): Careit charges sellers a 5% marketplace application/platform fee on paid marketplace sales of surplus grocery items. The fee covers secure payments, listing tools, scheduling, and buyer support. There is no monthly cost to list surplus. If a marketplace order is refunded, Careit's fee follows proportionally. Available for non-taxable grocery items in Washington and California.
2. Subscription Plans - Food Mover Lite & Pro: Food recovery agencies and regional operators can upgrade to paid plans: Food Mover Lite at $199/month for core run coordination, recurring pickup scheduling, driver management, Freshcue access, donor tax receipts, and basic reporting; Food Mover Pro at $499/month for full regional rescue operations including fleet management, driver training tools, and advanced exports.
3. Free Donor-to-Nonprofit Donation Listings: Free platform for food donors (restaurants, grocers, venues) to post donations and for nonprofits to claim them. Revenue generation is indirect — supported by paid Food Mover plans, marketplace transaction fees, and enterprise corporate/municipal subscriptions. Food donors can upgrade to corporate programs for multi-location oversight.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Careit operates a cloud-based food recovery software platform, available on iOS, Android, and web, that connects commercial food donors (restaurants, grocers, caterers, venues) with nonprofit food recovery organizations (food banks, shelters, pantries, community kitchens) to coordinate surplus food pickups, generate donor tax receipts, and track impact metrics. Revenue is generated through Food Mover Lite ($199/month) and Pro ($499/month) subscription plans for recovery agencies, a 5% take-rate on paid Careit Marketplace transactions for surplus grocery items, and direct-sales enterprise programs for multi-location corporations and municipal governments that include SB 1383 compliance dashboards.

Product overview

Careit operates as a food recovery software platform connecting donors, nonprofits, food movers, corporations, and municipalities. The core Careit App serves businesses and nonprofits for donation coordination; the Freshcue consumer app enables individuals to rescue surplus food. The Careit Marketplace enables buying and selling surplus food wholesale. Corporate and Municipal Dashboards provide multi-location management and compliance tools. Food Mover Lite and Pro offer tiered operational plans for food recovery agencies. The platform collectively tracks over 375M lbs of food donated, 315M+ meals served, and operates across all 50 US states and Canada with 12,500+ food donors and 3,400+ nonprofit partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Freshcue: Consumer mobile app powered by the Careit platform that helps individuals reduce food waste at home by tracking expiration dates, sending timely reminders, and suggesting recipes based on ingredients on hand. Available on iOS and Android. Currently available for students at partner universities with public access expanding.

Products and services

• Careit App Primary cross-platform (iOS, Android, web) food recovery application for restaurants, grocers, caterers, venues, and food service businesses to post surplus food donations, and for nonprofit food banks, shelters, pantries, and community kitchens to discover, claim, and coordinate pickup of those donations. Includes donation history, donor tax receipt generation, recurring pickup schedules, and impact reporting.
• Freshcue App Consumer-facing iOS and Android application, initially available to students at partner universities, that lets individuals discover and claim surplus food offers from local restaurants at reduced or no cost and provides at-home food waste reduction tools (expiration tracking, reminders, recipe suggestions).
• Careit Marketplace Wholesale marketplace for businesses and nonprofits to buy and sell surplus grocery items, with Stripe-processed payments, seller ratings, refund policy, dispute support, food-safety handling, and a 5% platform fee deducted from seller settlements. Available in Washington and California.
• Corporate Dashboard Enterprise tier of the Careit platform providing multi-location visibility, partner management, ESG reporting, donor tax receipt generation, recurring pickup scheduling, non-donating location reports, and AI-assisted listing creation for multi-location restaurant, grocery, hospitality, venue, and retail corporations.
• Municipal Dashboard Executive dashboard solution for cities, counties, and regional agencies running municipal food recovery programs, with geozone-aware organization management, FRO and EFG inspections, NOVs, penalty workflows, contact logs, structured exports for annual reporting, and community-wide impact monitoring.
• Food Mover (subscription plans) Tiered subscription offering for food recovery agencies and regional operators that coordinate donors, recipients, drivers, and pickups. Includes Food Mover Lite ($199/month) with food run coordination, recurring pickup schedules, driver and volunteer management, Freshcue access, donor tax receipts, and basic reporting, and Food Mover Pro ($499/month) adding vehicle fleet management, driver training and onboarding, and advanced exports and operational reporting.

Quantifiable outcome

• 375M+ lbs of food documented; 315M+ meals served; 818K+ tons CO₂e avoided; 23.5B+ gallons water saved; 200K+ successful donations
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers48 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability4 records

Feature14 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ReGen Monterey and Salinas Valley RecyclescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 November 2025ReGen Monterey and Salinas Valley Recycles manage a grant program supporting food recovery organizations in Monterey County, California. Careit collaborates with these organizations to help combat hunger, prevent food waste, and connect surplus food to California communities in need. The grant program helps food recovery organizations hire staff and purchase equipment to expand operations and reduce food waste, spurred by California SB 1383 requirements.
• Clean Memphis (Project Green Fork)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2023Careit serves as the rescue software partner for Clean Memphis' Project Green Fork surplus food donation program. The partnership enables Clean Memphis to streamline donation coordination, track food rescue data, and scale operations across Memphis. Since August 2023, the partnership has facilitated the rescue of 250,000+ lbs of surplus food, providing 200,000+ meals. The organizations are also exploring new rescue pilot programs to connect donations directly to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity.
• Sprouts Farmers MarketcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022Sprouts Farmers Market partnered with Careit in August 2022 to power its food donation program. Sprouts uses Careit to track more than 30 million pounds of food donated to 216 independent nonprofits across the U.S. The partnership enables Sprouts to reduce food waste, support local communities, and track ESG impact, aligning with Sprouts' sustainability goals. Careit helps onboard nonprofit partners, manage compliance, and provide donation logistics coordination.

Scale indicators23 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• 412 Food Rescue: Pittsburgh-based nonprofit operating a digital food recovery platform that matches surplus food from donors to hunger-relief organizations. Direct functional peer to Careit's donor-to-nonprofit matching marketplace with similar last-mile logistics model.
• OLIO: UK-based food-sharing app connecting neighbors and businesses to redistribute surplus food. Directly comparable to Careit's consumer-side Freshcue experience and its marketplace routing logic.
• Food Donation Connection: Long-established food donation logistics coordinator working with restaurant chains to donate surplus prepared food to local nonprofit partners. Functional peer in restaurant food recovery that Careit competes against for chain accounts such as Chili's, Denny's, and Popeyes.
• FoodCloud: Ireland-headquartered technology business operating a surplus food redistribution platform connecting retailers and food businesses with charities across the UK, Ireland, and additional markets. Closest international peer to Careit's marketplace-plus-nonprofit model.

Others

• ReFED: Nonprofit focused on reducing U.S. food waste through data, insights, and capital. Careit's environmental impact methodology is explicitly ReFED-derived, making ReFED both an ecosystem thought leader and a potential partner/competitor in food-waste analytics.
• Feeding America: Largest U.S. domestic hunger-relief charity and food bank network. Not a software peer, but a key nonprofit-side counterparty that competitors (and Careit) must integrate with in many markets, given its role in donor-recipient match flows.

Emerging players

• Leanpath: Commercial food-waste prevention and tracking technology serving foodservice operators. Adjacent to Careit on the prevention-vs-recovery spectrum and a likely integration or RFP counterpart for sustainability programs.
• Winnow: AI-driven food waste analytics platform for commercial kitchens. Comparable to Careit's data/ESG reporting layer for hospitality operators, though focused on prevention KPIs inside kitchens rather than post-surplus redirection.

Broad incumbents

• Imperfect Foods: Subscription grocery retailer that sells surplus and 'imperfect' food direct to consumers. Adjacent value-recovery model to Careit's marketplace take-rate approach, though D2C subscription rather than B2B redistribution.
• Too Good To Go: Well-capitalized surplus-meal marketplace operating a B2C app that sells surplus restaurant food at discounted prices. Competes in the same surplus-food value-recovery category as Careit's Marketplace and Freshcue consumer app, with a much larger international footprint and consumer brand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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