Rescued Food Market

惜食市集

惜食市集售賣超市、批發商和農場由於庫存過剩、訂單取消、最佳食用日期逼近或無法滿足嚴格的消費者標準（例如，農產品過大或過小）而將要扔掉的好的、易腐食品。

日期: 逢星期四

時間: 3:00pm - 7:00pm (參與時間會於報名後分配)

費用:一次性$36 會員費 (3個月會籍) ；相當於每次市集$3

地點: Food Stash Foundation Warehouse (100-290 E 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1A6)

請報名登記成為會員以參與市集。

會員資格以抽籤決定。

El Mercado de Alimentos Rescatados es un mercado asequible y sostenible que ofrece excedentes de calidad rescatados de supermercados, granjas y mayoristas. Los Alimentos Rescatados son alimentos excedentes descartados por los proveedores por diversas razones, como imperfecciones, exceso de inventario o proximidad a la fecha de vencimiento. ¡Sin embargo, siguen siendo alimentos comestibles, saludables y de calidad!

FECHA: Todos los jueves

HORARIO: 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. (La franja horaria se asigna después de la lotería y el registro)

CUOTA: $36 por única vez (membresía de 3 meses). Equivale a $3 por mercado

LUGAR: Almacén de la Fundación Food Stash (100-290 E 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC)

Se requiere membresía para acceder al mercado.

La membresía se determina mediante una lotería aleatoria después del registro.

El ciclo actual del 29 de mayo al 14 de agosto ya está completo. El próximo ciclo del mercado comenzará en agosto de 2025.

El registro público en línea (tanto para miembros actuales como para el público general) comenzará en agosto.

Si desea recibir una notificación sobre la próxima lotería, por favor ingrese su información a continuación.

це доступний і сталий ринок, де представлено врятовані надлишки якісних продуктів від продуктових магазинів, ферм і оптовиків.

Врятовані продукти — це надлишки їжі, які постачальники відбраковують з різних причин, зокрема: недосконалий зовнішній вигляд, надлишок запасів або наближення до дати придатності.

Однак ця їжа залишається їстівною, корисною та якісною!

ДАТА: Щочетверга

ЧАС: 15:00 – 19:00 (Час візиту надається після реєстрації та жеребкування)

ВАРТІСТЬ: Разовий внесок $36 (членство на 3 місяці). Еквівалентно $3 за кожен візит на ринок

МІСЦЕ: Склад Food Stash Foundation (100-290 E 1st Ave, Ванкувер, Британська Колумбія)

Для відвідування ринку необхідно бути учасником програми.

Членство визначається шляхом випадкового жеребкування після реєстрації.

Поточний цикл з 29 травня по 14 серпня вже заповнений.

Наступний цикл ринку розпочнеться в серпні 2025 року.

Публічна онлайн-реєстрація (для нинішніх учасників і загальної публіки) розпочнеться в серпні.

Якщо ви бажаєте отримати повідомлення про наступне жеребкування, будь ласка, залиште свою інформацію нижче.

Our Rescued Food Market operates with a membership system, granting access to registered members. Each cohort of registered members will have access to 12 markets over a 3-month period - 1 market per week on Thursdays from 3-7 pm.

Due to increased demand for the market program, membership is determined by a randomized lottery following online registration. One week before the start of each new market cycle, we hold a lottery to determine membership for the subsequent 3 months. This allows equal opportunity for previous members and the general public to access the market. 

If chosen in the lottery, each participant will be assigned a regular weekly appointment time. If assistance is needed with online registration for the lottery, in-person help is available at the Food Stash Warehouse, please contact us for assistance.

You are required to pay a $36 registration fee to sign up as a member (3-month membership). You will be assigned a regular, weekly appointment time and receive a membership card upon signing up. When you come to the market, please show your membership card.

Please arrive on time to your scheduled appointment.

You'll have personal produce boxes that you're free to shop from and a selection of meat and dairy. Both the variety and quantity of food will vary each week based on which foods are available each week from our food donors

 The Rescued Food Market is open to everyone regardless of socio-economic status. There is no need for people to ‘prove’ they are in need.

The space is intended to get affordable food onto your table, educate people about food waste, and to reclaim the value of food. We want to welcome everyone in the community. 

Please bring your membership card. We are no longer able to provide reusable bags, so please ensure you bring your own shopping bag to the market.

The market is intended to:

1. Welcome everyone

2. Provide a market experience centred on dignity and choice

3. Improve community access to healthy, affordable food

4. Serve as a space to learn about the environmental impact of food waste and a circular economy

There is no free parking available - only limited paid street parking.

We are conveniently located near the Science World Skytrain terminal and the #3, 8, and 84 bus routes.

Our market space is wheelchair accessible. The tables where you receive your produce box are above 54 inches but we do have shorter tables set up and available.

If all members arrived within their 15 minute appointment time there would be very few line ups or waits. However, sometimes people request a different time in a given week, or come late.

We try to balance people's needs, and sometimes a lot of people show up at once! We agree, line ups and crowds are not ideal, so the more members can stay within their time slots, the less line ups will happen.

The market program is an in person shopping experience.

We do have another program, the Rescued Food Box that offers delivery to people who are low income and have a disability or chronic health issue that make it hard to leave the house.

Learn more at: www.foodstash.ca/rescued-food-box

The food available at the Market changes every week, depending on what our partners utilize and what is rescued from our donor grocery stores. We would like to offer more vegan, gluten free and halal options for example, but they are not in the majority of rescued items at this point.

If you don’t see an option for you, always ask! We may not have it, but sometimes we do, and it’s just not visible

We post signs on items that are limited, and hope everyone stays within those guidelines. This helps us distribute items more evenly across the whole Market day.

We do keep an eye on members to make sure they’ve seen the signage and know the limits.

If there is no sign, members are welcome to take as much as they can use.

Interesting idea! However the lottery takes a significant amount of admin work, and the staff is unable to do one that often.

Here are some resources for food in Vancouver: http://tinyurl.com/VanAffordableFoodList 

Short answer is no. Accidentally applying twice under the same name and email address will not disqualify you. These accidental entries are easy to spot and we use a formula to make sure all entries are unique.  

Disqualification happens when:

1. Members use multiple email addresses or names to gain more entries

2. Use the email addresses of friends or relatives with the intention of taking the membership as their own.

The 3pm is definitely the most popular time slot, but it does not often have the best selection of items. The staff makes sure to bring new items out gradually and to restock for the duration of the Market.

We often actually increase the amounts of food available to members from 6 - 7pm so the fridges are empty before the weekend.