Food Insecurity
Grocery VIP and Truck2Table, our innovative mobile apps, coordinate programs that reduce food insecurity as a means to address escalating healthcare costs.
Participants order fresh, healthy, ready-to-cook meal kits or groceries for doorstep delivery and access educational cooking and nutrition resources – all from within the app.
How it works
- Pre-selected assortment of healthy foods
- Choice of groceries or meal kits
- Users spend donated or earned currency to use in the app
- Delivery and in-store pick up options
- Access to educational nutrition and culinary information
Providing reliable access to quality, healthy food leads to better nutrition, and ultimately to better health.
Improved health means lower healthcare costs: According to Feeding America, in 2016, an estimated $52.9 billion in health care expenses were associated with food insecurity in the United States.
The social and financial implications of our pilot work suggest the potential for systematic social improvement that is financially sustainable.
Initial data from our pilot program with residents of a low-income housing development is very encouraging.
In one location, 23% of our pilot program participants were no longer experiencing food insecurity after 3 months; 31% were no longer experiencing food insecurity after 6 months.
When the Covid pandemic hit, our platform allowed us to scale meal deliveries by 271%, almost overnight. Technology means more data, precise analysis, and scalability.
Truck2Table and Grocery VIP offer participants variety, convenience, and resources to enrich nutritional knowledge to help instill long-lasting health habits and behaviors.