Give Food

Loaves & Fishes rescues food from food establishments and businesses including grocery stores, restaurants, caterers, wholesale food distributors, churches and corporate cafeterias.

Donation Benefits

Your donation costs you nothing. There are no fees and no special staffing or resources required. Simply box up your surplus fresh or prepared food, and in the same amount of time it would have taken to throw it away, it’s ready for pickup by our professional drivers.

It can save you money. Your donations are tax deductible. (Donors are advised to consult with their tax advisor in applying the appropriate deduction.) We provide you with a record of the amount and type of food donated, which you can use for tax write-off purposes.

There is no risk of liability in donating your surplus food. The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act - signed into law in 1996 – protects good-faith food donors from civil and criminal liability should the product later cause harm to its recipient. Specifically, the Act provides protection for food and grocery products that meet all quality and labeling standards imposed by federal, state and local laws and regulation, even though the food may not be “readily marketable due to appearance, age, freshness, size, surplus or other conditions.” In addition, South Carolina statute 15-74-10 provides another layer of legal protection to food donors.

Whether your company would like to donate surplus food routinely or as it becomes available, we can ensure that your food gets to the people who need it the most.