YourLocal Supports Small Businesses and Saves Surplus Food

YourLocal is a social enterprise that helps locals save money and reduce food surplus with their favorite neighborhood shops and restaurants. By connecting patrons & restaurants through the YourLocal app, restaurants can post their unsold food and alert nearby users who want to snag a tasty deal before day’s end. Simply review the deal, buy the meal, and pick it up at the shop before closing.

Benefits

Reduce surplus food & food insecurity with your local shops
Restaurants can post their unsold food (up to 70% off) and alert nearby users who want to snag a tasty deal

Main Features

Buy food you like in the app
Download the app and browse through offers near you
Pick up directly from the shop

Primary Audience

Everyone with a mobile device
Local businesses and markets

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Can This New App Reduce Food Waste in Williamsburg

A new app wants to make reducing food waste as simple as tapping your phone. Launched in Williamsburg and Greenpoint this past July, YourLocal lets you know when your favorite participating local eatery is going to have food at the end of the day that will go to waste if not purchased. You can buy the food straight from the app for a discounted price and pick it up anytime before the shop closes.

YourLocal Sells Super-Discounted Surplus Food

At the end of the day, the majority of restaurants end up having to toss whatever pre-prepared meals are left unsold. When foodservice establishments have razor-thin margins to begin with, any level of waste can seriously hurt their bottom line. YourLocal is trying to help restaurants cut waste and pocket more money with an app that lets consumers purchase extremely discounted surplus food.

Lindsey

User

YourLocal

Lindsey

User

YourLocal

We really enjoyed our pastries from Woops! My husband went to collect them and he said that the transaction was smooth. What we received was excellent value.

Juan I. Serra

User

YourLocal

Juan I. Serra

User

YourLocal

I always struggle with the fact that a lot of food is going to waste just because there’s not an organized way of knowing that beforehand. I think this is a great app to solve that problem, I just wish more places around me support the app.

Alison

User

Your Local

Alison

User

Your Local

Awesome! Got 2 for 1 baguettes from Marlow & Daughters, they had my name on it too!