WELCOME TO THE RETHINK FOOD COMMUNITY.

Our growing network of partners across the food ecosystem—from local restaurants, corporate kitchens, and food producers—plays a critical role in building a more sustainable food system.

We’re centering hospitality, community leaders, and culinary professionals at the heart of our approach to addressing food insecurity. Get to know the people on the ground with Rethink Food every day.

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PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS

We believe that collaboration is at the core of innovation. We work with purveyors across the corporate and culinary landscape to find sustainable and equitable solutions to food insecurity. Learn more about some of our partners below.

  • GOOD START PACKAGING

    GOOD START PACKAGING

    As Rethink Food’s preferred compostable food packaging supplier for 2024, Good Start Packaging has donated $150,000 to support our work and provide packaging to celebrate the grand opening of our new Sustainable Community Kitchen in Greenwich Village.

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  • WHOLE FOODS MARKET

    As a sustainability partner, Whole Foods Market has donated over 130,000 lbs. of excess food and product to Rethink Food’s Sustainable Commissary Kitchen.

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  • BROOKFIELD PROPERTIES

    Brookfield Properties and Rethink Food have launched the first Rethink Certified Campus at Manhattan West. The Campus at Manhattan West is expected to collect over 5 tons of excess food within its first year; converted into 50,000 free community meals.

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  • CHELSEA MARKET X RETHINK FOOD

    Chelsea Market tenants donate their excess food weekly to Rethink Food, which repurposes these delicious and perfectly viable items into nutritious meals for communities across NYC.

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  • RETHINK FOOD X MIAMI

    Since December 2021, Rethink Food has partnered with mission-aligned restaurants, kitchens, and corporations in Miami that create delicious, dignified meals for food-insecure communities.

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  • RECYCLE TRACK SYSTEMS (RTS)

    In partnership with Rethink Food, RTS offers their clients the ability to donate their excess food to have it converted into nutritious meals for communities impacted by food insecurity.

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  • RETHINK FOOD X COOKUNITY

    CookUnity is Rethink Food’s national food excess partner since 2021—donating excess ingredients from its operations nationwide to provide nutritious meals for food-insecure communities.

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Restaurants

OUR NETWORK OF RESTAURANTS

Our work is made possible due to the mission-oriented restaurateurs and hospitality professionals who believe in building a better food system. Check out our complete list of partners since 2017 below.

OUR BLOG

Across all our work, we build and strengthen bonds, creating a network that is responsive, hyperlocal, and ready to meet the needs of our communities. Read our interviews, conversations and more with our network below.

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Recipes from Rethink

At Rethink, we're on a mission to build a more sustainable and equitable food system - and a major part of this is minimizing our personal food waste. Check out some of our Culinary Teams savviest low-waste recipes.

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Matt Jozwiak Matt Jozwiak

Adapting and Nurturing Through COVID-19

We sat down with the owners of three of our earliest Rethink Certified restaurant partners– Latoya, Ana, Tyshawn and Termisha– to look back on the challenges and great lessons they have encountered in the past two years.

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✨ Rethink Supper Club: Detroit x NYC ✨ 🗓️ December 13 | 🕡 6:30 pm | 💵 $150 Join us at the Rethink Food Sustainable Community Kitchen for a very special Rethink Supper Club: Detroit x NYC edition. Chefs @ceedubbayew & @kitchen_nik are flying
Our next Rethink Supper Club is rescheduled to December 19th! 🍽️ 📅 Join us from 6:30-9:30 PM for an unforgettable dinner celebrating the flavors of northeastern Thailand with Bryan Chunton and Pei Wei from @zaabzaabnyc, one of NYC’s top Isan