Foodshare

What Foodshare does

Foodshare is a Poole, United Kingdom-based for-profit company founded in 2022 by Tarlan Isaev. Its stated mission is to reduce food waste and world hunger by enabling community members to share surplus food with one another. The company operates a single unified web platform at foodshare.club that allows neighbours to post and claim excess food, with the stated functional aim of reducing waste and building community connections.

The platform is described in the available material as a unified consumer-facing web product, with no distinct sub-products, modules, or integrations catalogued in the source data. Core technology is not disclosed, no API or SDK has been documented, and the company has not published proprietary features, patents, or trademarks. The headcount is reported at 1–10 employees, consistent with an early-stage founder-led operation. There is no evidence in the input of mobile applications, third-party integrations, or partner integrations.

The business model is not publicly disclosed. The source material does not record pricing, monetisation mechanics, revenue model, customer segments, or distribution channels. No funding rounds, investors, partnerships, or paying customers are documented. The website is active, indicating the company remains operational, but no commercial scale metrics — users, transactions, GMV, or revenue — are available in the supplied data.

Name

Foodshare

Website

https://foodshare.club

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Foodshare is a UK-based, founder-led platform launched in 2022 that enables community members to share surplus food with neighbours in order to reduce food waste and build local connections.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Food Sharing Platform

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421)

akta.pro primary industry

Member-Owned Food Cooperatives (CRAHALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Bulk Food Buying Clubs & Cooperative Bulk Programs (CRAHAMAM)

Keywords

• Community food sharing
• Food waste reduction
• Surplus food platform
• Neighbourhood sharing app
• Sustainability community

Headquarters

HQ city

Poole

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

Foodshare operates a single unified online platform that enables community members to share surplus food, reduce food waste, and build connections with neighbours. The offering is delivered as a community-oriented web platform (foodshare.club) without distinct product modules, paid tiers, or sub-products identified in the available source data.

Product overview

Foodshare is a single unified platform that enables community members to share surplus food, reduce waste, and build connections with neighbors. Based on the source material reviewed, no distinct product modules, sub-products, or named offerings were identified in the provided content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Foodshare Community Platform A unified online community platform that enables individual members to share surplus food with neighbours, reduce household food waste, and build local community connections. Targeted at individual community members / local residents.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Karma: Sweden-founded food-waste app enabling restaurants, grocers, and bakeries to sell surplus meals to nearby consumers; directly comparable marketplace model aimed at reducing food waste.
• Olio: UK-headquartered food-sharing app connecting neighbours and local businesses to share surplus food; the closest direct competitor to FoodShare in geography, business model, and target community.
• Phénix: France-based anti-food-waste platform connecting supermarkets, restaurants, and consumers to redistribute surplus inventory; operates an adjacent sharing/marketplace model with overlapping sustainability mission.
• FoodCloud: Ireland-based social enterprise that redistributes surplus food from retailers to charities via a tech platform; comparable mission of food-waste reduction and community-level redistribution, though more charity-oriented.
• Too Good To Go: Pan-European app that lets users buy surplus food from restaurants and stores at discounted prices; competes in the same food-waste category with a stronger B2B angle, operating across many of FoodShare's potential European markets.
• NoFoodWasted: Netherlands-based app alerting consumers to discounted surplus food from local stores; similar food-waste reduction use case and digital platform delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Leanpath: US-based B2B food-waste prevention platform for foodservice operators; comparable food-waste reduction category but focused on commercial kitchens rather than peer-to-peer community sharing.
• Winnow Solutions: UK-headquartered B2B provider of food-waste tracking technology for commercial kitchens; operates in the same food-waste category but targets the commercial back-of-house segment rather than community sharing.

Emerging players

• Misfits Market: US-based online marketplace selling surplus and cosmetically imperfect produce; overlaps thematically on food-waste reduction but operates a delivery subscription model rather than community sharing.
• Imperfect Foods: US-based online grocer selling "ugly" and surplus produce directly to consumers; shares the food-waste reduction mission but uses a B2C subscription e-commerce model rather than a community-sharing app.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/organicnz2
• Facebookfacebook.com/FoodShareClub

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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