Student-led social venture · Boston, MA

Good food should feed people. Not landfills.

Feeding Friends rescues safe, unused ingredients from Boston restaurants and turns them into affordable meal kits you cook at home, and sometimes into hot, nutrient-dense meals for neighbors who need them, so everyone can enjoy healthy food without the worry of cost.

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Tonight · 9:40 PM

A Brookline kitchen closes with 1.25 lbs it can't sell tomorrow.

Chicken thighs, jasmine rice and prepped vegetables, all safe, all bought before anyone knew Tuesday would be slow. Yesterday that went in the trash.

Tonight's surplus, one restaurant1.25 lbs

Food insecurity is more than a missing meal.

We're focused on solving food insecurity by getting super nutritious meals into the hands of people who need them, while connecting food support to nutrition and to the students who want to help.

Hunger is widespread

Many people in our communities face daily food insecurity.

Donations ≠ nutrition

Food donations matter, but meals aren't always connected to nutrition education.

Students want in

Young people want to help, but often don't know how to get involved meaningfully.

Our first-year goals, tracked in the open

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Food to save

128 lbs rescued so far in the pilot, straight from partner restaurants and packed safely.

0 meals

Meals to hand out

41 kits and meals so far, each one built to genuinely nourish the body.

Healthy food, shared without the worry of cost.

Feeding Friends exists to help people by providing nutrient-dense food through repurposing quality unused food from food institutions, so people can enjoy healthy meals without the burden of affordability.

Nutritious Meal Support

We repurpose leftover restaurant ingredients into $10 meal kits and hot meals through trusted partnerships and food rescue.

60+partners Packed meal containers

Student Volunteer Engagement

Fundraisers, outreach, and on-the-ground help, students drive every part of the work.

♥ Become a Volunteer

Providing Simple Nutrition Education

Unprocessed foods cooked in-kitchen, with variety across food groups for real nourishment.

Help us expand access to nutritious meals!

We're seeking all forms of partners who can help us expand access to nutritious meals, provide student volunteers, and offer simple nutrition education.

♥ Become a Partner

Cooks prepping ingredients in a restaurant kitchen

From school organizations to restaurants– anyone can help!

A Few of Our Partners

New Ginza GroupOpen TableHaley HouseDexter SouthfieldFood For Free

Carefully Curated Nutritious Support

We prioritize unprocessed food cooked in real kitchens, drawing variety from every food group so the meals we share genuinely nourish the body.

Ready to help build something nourishing?

Become a part of our cause by seeing how you can contribute!

Become a partner / volunteer Buy or donate a meal

Buy or donate a meal

Buy one. Sponsor one. Or both.

Every kit is packed by the restaurant that rescued the ingredients. Reserve a $10 kit to cook at home, or sponsor a hot meal that goes to a neighbor through a community partner.

Available this week

Kits change with what the kitchens have.

Contents are listed before you reserve, what's inside, allergens, pack date and cook-by date. Some weeks you're getting bok choy.

How it works

The restaurant packs it. You cook it.

1 · Restaurants list surplus

At close, partner kitchens list the safe, unserved ingredients they bought before they knew Tuesday would be slow.

2 · They pack a meal kit

Portioned into a sealed tray with a label, ingredients, allergens, pack date, cook-by, and a QR recipe card.

3 · You cook it, or we deliver it hot

Pick up your kit down the street. Sponsored meals are cooked by the restaurant and handed out through a community partner.

Pilot progress

Numbers we've actually earned.

Pilot tracking figures, shared openly. A bar isn't done until it's full.

128 / 150 lbs

Food rescued

41 / 50 kits

Kits distributed

12 / 25 meals

Meals sponsored

A student-led social venture reimagining how food support works.

About us

Feeding Friends was started by students who believe food support should not only provide meals, but also help people understand nutrition, wellness, and healthier eating choices. We rescue quality unused ingredients from restaurants and turn them into affordable meal kits and nutrient-dense meals that people can enjoy without the worry of cost.

We launched inside our founder's family restaurant group, eight Boston locations, fifteen years, which gives us day-one inventory, pickup locations, and people who know how to store food correctly.

From our founder

"I've personally thrown away more food than most people will eat in their lives. That's not a brag. It's a confession, and a business plan. Feeding Friends was started because I wanted people to enjoy quality food without the worry of affordability.", William Huang, Founder

Our solution

Three pillars, one mission.

Nutritious Meal Support

We collect leftover ingredients from partner restaurants and turn them into meal kits and meals, aligned with food-rescue best practices, so quality food reaches the people who need it.

Student Volunteering

Through fundraisers, outreach, and hands-on partnership support, students help educate partners and staff about nutrition while spreading the word in their schools and communities.

Simple Nutrition Education

We prioritize unprocessed food cooked in real kitchens, drawing variety from every food group so the meals we share genuinely nourish the body.

Ready to help build something nourishing?

Become a part of our cause by seeing how you can contribute!

Become a partner / volunteer Buy or donate a meal

Contact

Partner with us, or volunteer.

Restaurants: list surplus, keep 85% of every kit, keep your own food-safety process. Community organizations and schools: tell us how you'd like to help. Students: every hour goes on the board.