Satisfy Food Rescue

What Satisfy Food Rescue does

Satisfy Food Rescue is an incorporated Charitable Trust (registration 2624613, Charities Commission CC51313) founded in 2014 and headquartered at 304 Flaxton Road, Rangiora, North Canterbury, New Zealand. The organization operates a volunteer-driven food rescue and redistribution service across the Waimakariri, Christchurch City, and Hurunui Districts, collecting surplus perishable food from supermarkets (PAK'nSAVE, Countdown, New World), wholesalers, and growers, then delivering it same-day to food banks, community meal providers, schools, iwi, and other welfare organizations supporting people experiencing food insecurity. Operations are powered by an EV van fleet, a cold-storage warehouse at the Rangiora site, a paid team of roughly 13–15 staff supplemented by a large volunteer base, and structured carbon and impact tracking via Cogo and ReFED.

The business model is a charitable donations-and-grants model rather than a commercial one: Satisfy charges no fee for its service, raising funds from monthly recurring donors, one-off donations, and grants from foundations including Rata Foundation, Lottery Grants Board, ANZ Staff Foundation, Meridian Community Decarbonisation Fund, and the Ministry of Social Development. Pricing is effectively zero for both donor (retailers divest surplus at no cost, supported by NZ Food Act 2014 liability protection) and recipient (food banks receive food for free). Reported unit economics are 41 cents per delivered meal and $1 donated = 2.46 meals.

Go-to-market is community-led: relationships are built through direct outreach to supermarket managers, harvest partnerships with growers (Food Secure North Canterbury, Oxford & District Lions Club), and active collaboration with peer organizations via the Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance (AFRA) and the New Zealand Food Network. The organization also runs a direct domestic donation drop-off channel and pursues adjacent welfare initiatives such as the May 2025 partnership with the Chip Packet Project NZ. By 2025, Satisfy reported approximately 40 tonnes of food distributed per month, cumulative food rescued of 2,393,669 kg, 6,262,047 equivalent meals distributed in the 2025/26 financial year, 1,160 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions avoided, and 217 million litres of water saved.

Name

Satisfy Food Rescue

Legal name

Satisfy Food Rescue

Website

https://satisfyfoodrescue.org.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Satisfy Food Rescue is a New Zealand incorporated Charitable Trust that collects surplus perishable food from supermarkets, wholesalers, and growers, and redistributes it same-day to food banks, community meal providers, schools, and iwi across the Waimakariri, Christchurch City, and Hurunui Districts, supported by volunteer labor and an EV van fleet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Rescue and Redistribution Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (62421), Community Food Services (624210), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Waste Reduction & Diversion Services (Donation, Animal Feed, Source Reduction Programs) (EUAIAEAH), Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD)

Keywords

• Food rescue services
• Surplus food redistribution
• Community food support
• Charitable food collection
• Food waste reduction

Headquarters

HQ city

Rangiora

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Satisfy Food Rescue operates as a charitable organization funded through donations, grants, and community support. They are registered as an incorporated Charitable Trust (2624613) with the Charities Commission (CC51313). Funding comes from regular monthly donors, one-off donations, and grants from organizations such as Rata Foundation, Lottery Grants Board, ANZ Staff Foundation, and government bodies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Satisfy Food Rescue collects surplus perishable food from food retailers, wholesalers, and growers in the Waimakariri, Christchurch City, and Hurunui Districts of New Zealand. Volunteers use electric vans to pick up food that would otherwise go to landfill or animal feed, sort it at the warehouse, and distribute it same-day to recipient organizations including food banks, community meal providers, schools, and iwi groups.

Product overview

Satisfy Food Rescue is a charitable organization, not a technology product company. Its offering consists of food rescue and redistribution services — collecting surplus perishable food from retailers and distributing it to community organizations (food banks, schools, iwi, and other support organizations) in the Waimakariri, Christchurch City, and Hurunui Districts of New Zealand. The organization operates physical logistics operations including electric vehicle food collection, volunteer sorting and weighing, and cold storage. No distinct software products, modules, or named digital offerings are provided.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Rescue and Redistribution Service
• Harvest Collaboration Partnership

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,393,669 kg of food rescued to date
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Chip Packet Project NZminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2025Partnership to repurpose clean, used chip packets into thermal survival blankets for people experiencing homelessness. Jessie Ladbrook leads the South Island arm. Satisfy is exploring how their strong connections across North Canterbury and Christchurch can help distribute these blankets to those who need them most.
• Oxford & District Lions ClubcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2021Valued harvest collaboration partnership for freshly grown produce donations. Received first donation of freshly grown produce before Christmas 2021.
• Food Secure North Canterbury (FSNC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaboration established during COVID-19 pandemic to address food security. Through this partnership, Satisfy collaborates on fruit and vegetable harvesting from local orchards and crops. Harvest volunteers help with fruit picking when opportunities arise.
• Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance (AFRA)coreOthersNational food rescue alliance. Satisfy participated in the founding hui in March 2020. AFRA recommends the ReFED Impact Calculator for carbon measurement. Collaboration with AFRA member Kairos Food Rescue strengthened after Foodbank Canterbury closure in 2023.
• Kairos Food RescuecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrengthened partnership after Foodbank Canterbury closure at end of 2023. Organizations worked together to grow Satisfy's operation with regular supermarket collections from Christchurch stores.
• New Zealand Food NetworkcoreOthersSatisfy became a hub for the New Zealand Food Network and began receiving regular deliveries of bulk food, expanding their food supply sources.
• EcotricityminorOthersNew Zealand's first and only Toitū climate positive certified electricity provider. Satisfy purchases electricity from Ecotricity for their operations.
• Terra Nova FoundationminorOthersFoundation that conducted Earth+ Workshop in May 2024 that Satisfy's Phillipa and Stef attended, sparking their sustainability journey.
• Sustainable Business NetworkminorOthersOrganization whose Climate Basics for Business course was completed by Cameron and Phillipa in first half of 2025, helping draft Satisfy's first Sustainability Action Plan.
• PAK'nSAVE RangioracoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFirst regular food donor starting collections in November 2015. Collections twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays expanded to three times per week in 2016. One of the organization's key food donor partners.
• CountdowncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerThree Countdown stores as of April 2017, with collections five days a week. Expanded to seven new stores by end of 2022/23 financial year.
• New World KaiapoicoreGTM or Marketing PartnerStarted donating to Satisfy in July 2017, expanding food rescue volume.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• St Vincent de Paul Society: New Zealand food bank operator and active recipient of Satisfy's rescued food. Comparable in food assistance to those in need but operates as a recipient charity rather than a dedicated surplus-food rescue intermediary.
• Salvation Army New Zealand: Major recipient partner of Satisfy and a national food assistance provider. Comparable in food distribution to vulnerable communities but operates a broader social services portfolio rather than a dedicated food rescue model.

Direct peers

• Kairos Food Rescue: Christchurch-based food rescue charity that is a direct operational peer and active partner of Satisfy. Both organisations split Christchurch supermarket collections after Foodbank Canterbury's closure in 2023.
• KiwiHarvest: Auckland-based food rescue organisation operating across the upper North Island with the same core model of collecting surplus food from retailers and redistributing to community charities. A founding AFRA member alongside Satisfy.
• FareShare: Auckland-based charity that cooks rescued surplus food into meals for distribution. Closely comparable non-profit food rescue and redistribution model in New Zealand, though with a meal-preparation addition.
• FoodCloud: Ireland-based social enterprise that connects surplus food from retailers to charities via a technology platform. Closely comparable food rescue intermediary model, expanded internationally under the name Foodiverse.
• City Harvest: New York City food rescue organisation that was the explicit inspiration for Satisfy's founder. Operates the same model of collecting surplus food from food businesses and distributing it free to community organisations.
• OzHarvest: Australia's largest food rescue organisation with a recently established New Zealand presence. Operates the same supermarket-anchored surplus food collection model and is a member of the Global Foodbanking Network.
• Foodbank Auckland: Large New Zealand food bank collecting and distributing donated food to community organisations. Comparable recipient-facing food assistance model, though operating at significantly larger scale and with broader distribution.
• Kaibosh Food Rescue: Wellington-based food rescue charity that collects surplus food from retailers and redistributes it to community groups. Direct peer model: same volunteer-driven, supermarket-anchored food rescue operations in New Zealand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/satisfyfoodrescue
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/satisfy-food-rescue
• Instagraminstagram.com/satisfyfoodrescue

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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