The Los Angeles-based mobile app, Careit, is now available nationwide in all 50 states to help users donate surplus food to help combat hunger.

Careit is a free app helps restaurants, caterers, food distributors, corporations, grocery stores, and others donate extra food and goods to local nonprofits. Nonprofits can use the app to claim offered up food, arrange for transport, see the weight of the goods, and track the donation’s details.

Since it’s inception in 2021, Careit has rescued eight million pounds of food. Now, after the app’s national expansion, the company is looking to rescue 50 million pounds of surplus food for those in need.

“We’re proud to be the first woman-owned, free app to tackle prepared food waste to help feed people of all ages – young to our honored senior citizens – who need food and may not have access to kitchens,” Alyson Schill, Careit CEO, said. “During this critical time in our country, our goal is to onboard more businesses and nonprofits in the Careit app and increase impact tracking for policy initiatives to rescue more surplus food to provide hunger relief.”

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