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- Confidence!
- Knowledge about the topic of food waste
- Printout of ‘Benefits ‘Benefits for cooperating Stores’stores EN/ES/FR/SE’
- Printout of ‘Background information’‘Background information EN/ES’
- Additional info material concerning your initiative
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A lot of times you will meet managers, who like the idea of foodsharing but say, that they don't throw away anything, that they already cooperate with a food bank or that they will give you a call in case there is something to pick up. These are definitely good points and you should react in an appreciative manner, but still try to get them to cooperate with you on a regular basis, if you have the feeling , that it would be worth it. Here are some examples of how to deal with the before-mentioned situations:
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"It's great that you are aware of the problem and already donate the surplus to the food bank! But does the food bank really takes take everything? What about already expired products or food where the cold chain was slightly broken? We consider a lot more food as edible as the food bank does and there are probably some products, that we would gladly save, which are rejected by them. And if there's really nothing to save, we are not disappointed but rather happy that you manage your business so well. How about we just try out a tiny cooperation, where we come by once a week for example and see how it goes? Like I said, you have nothing to lose and if there's really nothing to pick up we are even happier."
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"That is very nice of you, but we know that running a business is stressful at times and that one can easily forget about giving a call, especially when it is a new arrangement. For us it is way more secure to just come by call you ourselves and see, if we can save some food and if there's really nothing to save, we are not disappointed but rather glad that you manage your business so well. How about we just try out a tiny cooperation, where we come by once a week for example and see how it goes? Like I said, you have nothing to lose and if there's really nothing to pick up we are even happier."
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- Have a clear list of who picks up when
- Have good communication in the whole team
- Maybe choose one or more so-called Store Coordinators to keep the overview
- Maybe set behavioural standards like the ones in ‘Professionalism for Foodsavers’
- Let new Foodsavers accompany experienced ones in the beginning
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Like Like everything you learn from text, this also is just an opinion on how things like this could be handled. If you think you know better, just follow your gut and go ahead, really! We didn’t plan on restricting people in any way! The sole purpose of these pages is to provide information on how this topic can be approached, based loosely on the experiences of German foodsharing and/or some of its members. |
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