Food and agricultural supply-chain services in Egypt

Operates one of the world's largest temperature-controlled warehouse networks, with more than 480 facilities across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific offering frozen, refrigerated and multi-zone storage plus blast freezing.

Owns and operates around 250 temperature-controlled warehouses worldwide, including 19 sites across Australia and New Zealand positioned near ports and major distribution centres.

Japanese logistics group offering warehouse storage and distribution including a cold chain logistics service alongside general ambient warehousing. It operates in Japan and internationally, including bases in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.

Refrigerated warehousing company established in 1997 near Cairo on the Cairo/Ismailia road, operating temperature-controlled cold stores and a refrigerated pack house for fresh fruit including citrus, along with pharmaceuticals and dairy products.

Family-owned agricultural exporter founded in 1950 and based in Alexandria, operating its own farms, packing stations and large automated cold storage facilities with Dutch controlled-atmosphere technology used mainly for potatoes and vegetables destined for export.

Citrus export company operating its own packing station in the industrial area of 6th of October City since 2014, with an annual citrus packing capacity of 30,000 tons and around 1,500 tons of on-site cold storage capacity for export shipments.

Agricultural export company founded in 2005 and based in Alexandria, managing an integrated potato and vegetable supply chain that includes farm sourcing, grading, washing, packing and cold storage prior to export logistics and distribution.

KLN Logistics Group (formerly Kerry Logistics Network) is a Hong Kong-headquartered logistics provider offering air, ocean and land freight, integrated logistics, warehousing, customs brokerage, e-commerce fulfilment and cold chain solutions across Asia and beyond.

Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered global freight forwarding and contract logistics provider offering ocean and air freight, warehousing, distribution, customs brokerage and temperature-controlled cold chain logistics for perishable goods.

DHL Supply Chain, part of Germany-headquartered DHL Group, is the world's leading contract logistics provider offering warehousing, transport, distribution and temperature-controlled cold chain solutions for perishables and life sciences.

Nippon Express (NX Group) is a Japan-headquartered global logistics provider offering air, ocean and ground freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, customs support and supply chain solutions across roughly 57 countries.

CJ Logistics is a Seoul-headquartered integrated logistics provider offering warehousing, transportation, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, parcel delivery and IoT-enabled cold chain solutions for frozen, chilled and temperature-controlled goods.

Melbourne-headquartered logistics provider offering integrated supply chain, warehousing (including ambient, cold chain and frozen storage), transport and customs services across a network spanning around 150 countries.

Danish-headquartered global transport and logistics group operating in over 90 countries with air, sea, road and rail freight, contract logistics and temperature-controlled cold chain services for perishables and healthcare.

Marseille-headquartered logistics provider (part of CMA CGM, having absorbed Bolloré Logistics under one brand) operating in around 170 countries with contract logistics, air/ocean/ground freight, customs and reefer/perishables cold chain services.

Levallois (France)-headquartered full-service logistics company operating in around 166 countries with freight forwarding, contract logistics, distribution/express and temperature-controlled cold chain capabilities.

Abu Dhabi-headquartered logistics and investment group whose businesses include Agility Logistics Parks (Grade-A warehousing), Shipa freight forwarding, delivery and e-commerce fulfilment, and customs digitalization across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.

GXO Logistics is a publicly traded (NYSE: GXO) contract logistics company that operates temperature-controlled and ambient warehousing and distribution services, including for food and beverage manufacturers, with its global headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut.

ID Logistics US is the United States operating entity of ID Logistics, a French-headquartered global contract logistics group; it was formed from ID Logistics' 2022 acquisition of Kane Logistics and provides warehousing, omnichannel distribution, and multi-temperature site operations from Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Egyptian freight forwarder established in 1990 offering air, sea and land freight, with in-house customs brokers at Cairo Airport and Alexandria Port, a climate-controlled bonded warehouse in Cairo, and a fleet including refrigerated and flatbed vehicles for land transport.

Shipping and freight forwarding line operating dry and reefer container services out of Alexandria, Port Said, Damietta and Suez, with an Egypt-based reefer division specializing in fresh produce and perishable cargo handling plus customs clearance and inland trucking.

Cairo-based freight forwarder providing air, sea and land freight services together with customs clearance for import and export shipments, plus trucking and oil and gas logistics turnkey solutions.

Egyptian operation of global logistics group DSV, running 16 warehouses across the country plus a container freight station in the Ismailia public free zone, offering perishable logistics, sea and road freight, and in-house customs brokerage at Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Ismailia and Damietta.

Kuehne+Nagel is a global freight forwarder offering sea and air logistics, customs, and dedicated cold chain and perishables services across close to 100 countries.

DSV is a Denmark-based global transport and logistics provider offering sea freight, air freight, customs, and project logistics across more than 90 countries.

Expeditors International is a US-based logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and project cargo through a global network in over 100 countries.

Sinotrans is a China-based logistics group and major NVOCC offering sea and air freight forwarding, shipping agency, and multimodal logistics from Chinese ports worldwide.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is a Germany-based freight forwarder operating in 62 countries with a dedicated perishable logistics arm offering temperature-controlled and reefer transport for food, flowers and edible oils.

Dimerco Express Group is a Taiwan-based, Asia-Pacific-focused freight forwarder providing air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, and contract logistics across China, India and ASEAN.

Nippon Express (NX Group) is a Japan-headquartered logistics company providing air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, perishable logistics and project logistics across more than 50 countries.

Yusen Logistics is a Japan-headquartered freight forwarder offering air and ocean freight forwarding, customs house brokerage, and cold chain logistics with reefer container and chilled/frozen air options for perishables.

CEVA Logistics, a CMA CGM company headquartered in France, provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and dedicated reefer and air-perishables cold chain services across around 170 countries.

Kerry Logistics (KLN Logistics Group) is a Hong Kong-headquartered, Asia-based global 3PL offering international air, ocean, road and rail freight forwarding, customs brokerage, project logistics and cold chain services across 58 countries and territories.

Rhenus Logistics is a Germany-headquartered logistics provider offering air and ocean freight forwarding, road transport, customs brokerage and project logistics across more than 70 countries.

C.H. Robinson is a US-headquartered global logistics provider offering ocean, air, customs brokerage, temperature-controlled and project logistics services with regional Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, Singapore and Mumbai.

Mainfreight is a New Zealand-headquartered logistics company providing air and sea freight forwarding, customs brokerage and dedicated perishable freight handling across a network of offices in 27 countries.

cargo-partner is an Austria-headquartered info-logistics provider and Nippon Express Group member offering air, sea and land freight, warehousing and cold-chain transport for perishables, with its Asia-Pacific regional head office in Hong Kong.

Seafrigo is a France-headquartered cold-chain logistics specialist providing temperature-controlled ocean freight, airfreight, customs and reefer-container services for perishable goods across offices on five continents.

Röhlig Logistics is a Germany-headquartered, owner-run international sea and air freight forwarder offering customs brokerage, project logistics and temperature-controlled/perishable cargo handling across more than 35 countries including Australia and New Zealand.

Woodland Group is a UK-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and temperature-controlled reefer logistics for perishable goods from its office in Hayes, Middlesex.

Europa Worldwide Group is a UK freight and logistics company that provides ocean freight, air freight, customs clearance and project cargo forwarding from its head office in Dartford, Kent.

Cool Cargo UK is a Hounslow-based freight forwarder that provides temperature-controlled air freight and reefer sea freight for perishable and pharmaceutical goods.

Gateway Cargo is a Kent-based freight forwarder that provides ocean freight, air freight and customs clearance services from its head office in Strood, with an additional customs office at the port of London Gateway.

Hemisphere Freight Services is a UK freight forwarder with a branch at Skelmersdale near the Port of Liverpool, offering ocean, air, road and project freight forwarding, customs clearance, and handling of reefer cargo.

AIT Worldwide Logistics is a freight forwarder headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, offering ocean freight, air freight, and customs clearance services alongside a dedicated cold chain logistics service for temperature-controlled shipments, including produce.

Egyptian shipping and logistics company operating container services from Alexandria and other Egyptian ports, specializing in reefer and perishable cargo. It handles over 11,000 TEUs of high cube reefer containers and more than 200,000 tons of citrus, onions and potatoes annually, and runs its own inland reefer trucking fleet plus customs clearance through a subsidiary.

Alexandria-based freight forwarder with over 25 years in the market, handling sea, air and land freight, cargo consolidation, inland transportation and customs clearance for foodstuff, cement, marble and general cargo shipments through Egyptian ports.

Alexandria-based logistics provider with over 15 years of experience running air freight out of Cairo and Borg El Arab airports plus ocean freight through Egyptian seaports, offering temperature-controlled cold-chain handling for perishable cargo and customs clearance for import and export shipments.

Cairo-headquartered freight forwarding company offering international air and ocean freight, trucking with insurance, customs clearance on DDU and DDP terms, exhibition cargo handling and 44,000 square meters of warehousing, with additional branches in Sokhna, Port Said and Alexandria.

Damietta-based maritime services provider with over 30 years of experience offering shipping agency, stevedoring, husbandry, marine survey and cargo insurance, and freight forwarding and logistics solutions for container and general cargo vessels across Egyptian ports.

Livingston International is a customs broker offering customs clearance, trade consulting, and freight forwarding. It operates from around 100 networked offices across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Descartes Systems Group provides customs and regulatory compliance solutions, including customs declarations, security filings, Harmonized System classification, denied party screening, and export compliance. It serves customers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Egyptian freight forwarder and customs brokerage operator with its own in-house licensed customs clearing staff, running offices at Alexandria, Damietta, Port Said, Sokhna and Cairo Airport for import and export clearance, DDU/DDP shipping and warehousing.

Alexandria headquartered logistics company offering customs brokerage, interpretation, local approvals, transit cargo clearance, duty drawback and temporary import services across all Egyptian sea ports and airports, backed by a large in-house customs clearance team.

Egyptian logistics firm whose core business is customs brokerage, covering temporary imports, duty drawbacks, in transit movements and final imports, with valuation and compliance audit support across Alexandria, Port Said, Sokhna, Damietta, Cairo Airport and 6th of October facilities.

Cairo based freight and customs clearance company handling import and export goods movement through Egyptian ports and Cairo Airport, including factory registration support, customs tax calculation and quality certificate issuance for shipments.

Freight and customs clearance operator handling import and export processing at Alexandria, El Dekheila, Port Said and Damietta ports plus Cairo International Airport, with ministry permit coordination, SCZone clearance support and door to door delivery inside Egypt.

Cairo based customs brokerage and logistics company employing licensed customs clearance professionals to handle import and export shipments across all Egyptian sea ports, dry ports, free zones and Cairo Airport, including IOR and EOR trade compliance services.

Cairo based licensed customs clearance agency offering tariff and classification guidance, import regulation documentation advisory and global logistics handling for importers and exporters using Egyptian customs procedures.

Cairo based logistics company handling customs clearance across Egyptian ports, including ACID advance cargo information declarations, alongside shipping, warehousing, exhibition logistics and consolidation services for import and export cargo.

Cairo headquartered freight forwarder with an Alexandria branch and a Cairo Airport cargo agents complex office, offering customs clearance declarations, tariff classification, legal representation before customs, and road, air and sea freight services.

Darling Group grows, packs and exports fresh produce, connecting growers with global buyers through subsidiaries covering citrus, avocados and distribution across Australasia. Its produce includes avocados, citrus, blueberries, kiwifruit and mangoes.

Matipou Exports markets and exports New Zealand apples, combining fruit from its own packhouse with supply from other growers and packers. It handles Royal Gala, Premium Gala and NZ Queen varieties for export and domestic distribution.

T&G Global grows, markets and exports fresh produce, working with growers and distributors to sell in more than 60 countries. It is a major apple exporter with premium brands including Envy and Jazz, alongside kiwifruit and vegetables.

Freshmax is a full-service produce marketer that sources, imports and exports fresh produce around the Pacific Rim, supplying customers on six continents. It handles apples, pears, avocados, bananas, berries, cherries, citrus, table grapes and durian, and develops proprietary varieties.

Eco-Fruits is a Hanoi-based tropical fruit exporter that sources from Vietnamese growers and its own farms, then exports to wholesalers in around 60 markets. It handles banana, durian, coconut, mango, dragon fruit and avocado, plus processed fruit, nuts and spices.

Salix Fruits is a global fruit import and export company working with more than 80 producers across 18 countries and serving around 400 customers in 57 countries. It trades apples, citrus, pears, grapes and other fruit, and provides logistics and documentation support.

Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Ltd is a Scottish shellfish processor that harvests, processes and distributes scallops, langoustine, crab and whelk from its Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire facility to customers worldwide.

Associated Seafoods Limited is the Scottish parent company of Lossie Seafoods and Moray Seafoods, processing smoked salmon and shellfish at sites in Buckie and Arbroath for customers around the world.

Egyptian exporter of fresh citrus (oranges, lemons, mandarins, grapefruit), table grapes, pomegranates, mangoes, onions and garlic, shipping roughly 41,000 tons per season to more than 15 countries under BRC, ISO 22000 and GLOBALG.A.P. certification.

Alexandria-based GlobalGAP-certified grower and exporter of Valencia and Navel oranges, lemons, mandarins, grapefruit, table grapes, potatoes and frozen vegetables, farming about 5,000 hectares and shipping to more than 60 countries.

Cairo-based exporter of fresh Egyptian citrus, mangoes, grapes, pomegranates and dates plus frozen produce, operating under GLOBALG.A.P., GRASP and SMETA Sedex certification and serving importers across Europe, the Gulf and Africa.

Egyptian fresh produce exporter with over 45 years in the sector, shipping vegetables and fruit including garlic, onions and potatoes, offering integrated export service from cultivation and packaging through cold-chain shipping logistics.

Egyptian producer and exporter of citrus, table grapes, potatoes, onions, garlic and dates with more than 10 years serving international markets, running farm-level quality inspection before shipment.

Ismailia-based fruit and vegetable exporter of over 20 years operating, shipping Navel and Valencia oranges, tangerines, lemons, spring onions and potatoes plus frozen produce to more than 50 countries under ISO 22000 and GLOBALG.A.P. certification.

Cairo-area exporter working directly with certified growers across the Nile Delta and Upper Egypt, shipping citrus, table grapes (Superior, Red Globe, Flame, Crimson), onions, garlic and potatoes through GLOBALG.A.P. and BRCGS-certified packing to over 25 countries including the EU, GCC and Central Asia.

Cairo-based certified fresh produce exporter sourcing from over 120 certified Egyptian farms, shipping citrus, grapes, onions, garlic and other vegetables to Europe, the Gulf, Russia, Africa and East Asia under GlobalG.A.P, ISO 22000 and HACCP compliance.

Alexandria-founded agricultural exporter established 2005 specializing in table, processing and sweet potatoes plus citrus, grapes, onions and garlic, operating an integrated supply chain from farm sourcing through cold storage and export distribution.

COFCO International is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and serves as the overseas agriculture trading arm of COFCO Corporation, buying, processing and distributing grains, oilseeds, sugar, coffee and cotton through warehouses, port terminals and processing plants in more than 30 countries.

Alvean is a sugar trading company with its Geneva trading hub at Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 4, Grand-Lancy, Switzerland, specializing in origination, commercialization and trading of raw and white sugar for bulk and bagged shipment by container and vessel, with staff across nine countries.

Sucafina SA is a coffee merchant headquartered at Place de Saint-Gervais 1 in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 1977, sourcing green coffee from origin countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia and supplying roasters worldwide through washing stations and farmer certification programs.

ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Limited is headquartered in Pully, Switzerland and operates as a soft commodity trading group in coffee, cocoa and cotton, sourcing from more than 40 producing countries and running a dedicated risk management unit, ECOM Risk Management, for hedging and client risk advisory.

SGS is a global testing, inspection and certification company with a dedicated fresh produce service group. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. certification, pesticide residue and laboratory testing, and agricultural commodity inspection through a worldwide laboratory network.

Bureau Veritas is a global testing, inspection and certification group whose food and agriculture division covers GLOBALG.A.P. and food safety certification. Its BVAQ agri-food laboratories in Southeast Asia perform pesticide residue and contaminant testing on fruits and vegetables for export markets.

Intertek is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body operating in over 100 countries. Its fruit and vegetable services include microbiological, residue and contaminant testing plus organic food testing for fresh produce supply chains.

Control Union is a Netherlands-based certification and inspection group present in over 80 countries. It offers GLOBALG.A.P. and organic certification, commodity inspection, laboratory testing, and fumigation services across agricultural supply chains.

Eurofins Scientific operates a network of laboratories across 60-plus countries and is a leader in pesticide residue testing. Its food and feed laboratories test fruits and vegetables against maximum residue levels for export markets such as the EU, US and Japan.

Mérieux NutriSciences runs a global network of ISO 17025 accredited food laboratories. It provides multi-residue pesticide testing and other food safety analyses on fruits, vegetables and other matrices for regulatory compliance.

NSF is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body for agriculture and aquaculture producers. It runs an extensive global food safety audit network and offers farm certification schemes including GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody.

Ecocert is a France-based certification body operating in more than 130 countries, best known for organic agriculture certification. It also certifies producers to the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance standard.

TÜV Rheinland is a Germany-based testing and certification group operating in over 70 countries. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody certification for fruit, vegetable and crop producers.

TÜV SÜD PSB operates ISO 17025 accredited food testing laboratories in Singapore recognized by the Singapore Food Agency. It offers chemical, pesticide residue and microbiological analysis for food and agricultural products.

International testing, inspection and certification group with a long-standing Egypt operation dating to the 1960s, offering pre-shipment inspection, pesticide residue testing and agricultural commodity inspection out of Cairo and Alexandria offices and a laboratory in the Alexandria free zone.

Local branch of the global Bureau Veritas testing, inspection and certification group, offering agricultural commodity and agrifood inspection services including quality, weight, packing and labelling checks from its Alexandria office.

Egypt office of the global Intertek testing, inspection and certification network, present in Egypt since 1977 and registered by GOEIC to check compliance of regulated exports and issue mandatory Certificates of Inspection.

Egypt branch of the global Cotecna testing, inspection and certification group, authorised by Egypt's National Food Safety Authority to issue Certificates of Inspection for exports of regulated food and food contact products, based in Alexandria.

Egypt LLC office of the international Control Union testing, inspection and certification group, providing quality, logistics and certification services including GLOBALG.A.P. certification from its base in Sheikh Zayed City, Giza near 6th of October.

Official Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture laboratory with authority to monitor pesticide and heavy metal pollutants in food exports and imports and issue official analysis certificates, accredited to ISO 17025 by EGAC and A2LA, serving citrus, potato and onion exporters.

ISO 17025 accredited agri-food testing laboratory based in 6th of October City, Giza, providing pesticide residue, dithiocarbamate, histamine and mycotoxin testing services to Egyptian food exporters.

Pest control and commodity protection company founded in 2003, providing quarantine fumigation of agricultural export commodities in trains, trucks, ships and containers using methyl bromide and aluminium phosphide, plus ISPM15 heat treatment of wooden pallets, crates and boxes at its KATRESS facility in Borg Al Arab, Alexandria, under Agriculture Quarantine Authority supervision.

Family owned importer and distributor of food ingredients including specialty meats, bakery and pastry inputs, beverages, frozen produce and preserved foods, supplying restaurants, hotels, retailers and industrial operators from warehouses across Egypt.

Import and distribution company founded in 2002, based in Al Maadi, Cairo, that imports and distributes packaged grocery products across more than 60 categories including pasta, sauces, condiments, baking supplies and pet food.

Wholesale food distributor operating since 1995 that imports European and Australian meat and seafood along with cheese, pastry and bakery ingredients, supplying hotels, restaurants and supermarket chains through two packaging outlets in Cairo.

Established in 1994 as part of the Multigroup conglomerate, this Heliopolis, Cairo based company imports and distributes premium branded food products to retail stores across the Egyptian market.

Food and beverage distribution company operating since 1947 from El Nozha, Cairo, representing brands such as illy and Dilmah across beverage, bakery, pastry, protein and horeca equipment categories for foodservice and retail channels.

Trading and distribution company established in 2015 and headquartered in Maadi, Cairo, delivering food commodities, confectionery and snacking products to about 20,000 retail stores across Cairo, Giza, Alexandria and the Delta region.

Import and export company with more than 20 years in the food trade, headquartered in Heliopolis, Cairo, sourcing imported food commodities and Egyptian food products for regional and international customers.

Alexandria headquartered agricultural trading company that handles fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables, operating plantain and banana ripening chambers alongside refrigeration units for repacking and distribution to regional markets.

India's largest flexible packaging materials company, headquartered in Noida. Manufactures BOPP, BOPET and CPP packaging films (including metallized and barrier grades) used for food, beverage, pharma and industrial packaging, with manufacturing plants across four continents.

Thailand-headquartered multinational packaging company producing corrugated and paper packaging, foodservice packaging, and fresh-produce solutions, including modified-atmosphere OptiBreath films used to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.

Amcor is a global packaging company that produces flexible and barrier films, folding cartons, and specialty packaging for food, beverage, healthcare, and consumer goods, including fresh-produce, meat, and dairy applications.

Huhtamaki is a global food-packaging manufacturer producing moulded-fibre trays and punnets, flexible films, paperboard, and foodservice packaging, including packaging used for fresh produce and food-on-the-shelf.

Smurfit Westrock is a global paper-based packaging company producing corrugated boxes, fresh-produce trays and boxes, folding cartons, containerboard, and bag-in-box systems.

Egyptian corrugated carton and duplex box manufacturer based in the industrial zone of 6th of October City, producing 3, 5 and 7-layer corrugated cardboard, offset and flexo printed boxes and food service cardboard packaging, with equipment that opened export markets in Africa and the Gulf region.

Egyptian manufacturer of corrugated cartons, duplex and coated boxes based in Obour City, Cairo, offering flexo and offset printing, cardboard supply and custom packaging design, and serving over 1000 clients across 13 countries in food, agriculture, pharma and FMCG sectors.

Corrugated carton and packaging manufacturer headquartered in Alexandria, producing FEFCO-standard cardboard boxes, shelf-ready packaging, pizza and food boxes and printed cartons for industrial, food and commercial customers serving local and Middle East markets.

Australia/New Zealand arm of the global Veolia environmental services group, providing food organics and garden organics (FOGO) collection and processing. It uses in-vessel composting and forced-aeration to make compost and soil conditioners, and runs anaerobic digestion converting commercial food waste to electricity.

Australian subsidiary of the global REMONDIS Group providing commercial food organics collection and processing. It uses sealed tunnel composting to turn food and garden waste into compost, mulch and fertiliser for parks, agriculture and gardens.

Large Egyptian waste management company headquartered in Obour City near Cairo, established 1997, that collects and processes agricultural residues and market fruit and vegetable waste at composting facilities, turning organic byproducts into compost for the agricultural sector and alternative solid fuel.

Egyptian organic compost manufacturer headquartered in Cairo, part of the Outgreens Group, operating three factories in Giza, Suhag and Qalyubiyah that recycle organic and agricultural waste into over 100,000 tons of organic fertilizer annually for local and export agricultural markets.

Egyptian compost producer operating since 2009 with facilities in Beni Suef and Sharkia governorates that process vegetable, medicinal and aromatic plant waste along with animal manure and rice straw into organic fertilizer products sold as Al Zahra Compost and Mix Compost.

Egyptian agri-tech company headquartered in Dokki, Giza, with a production factory in Qena, that converts sugarcane and other agricultural waste into bio-organic compost and biofertilizer products for farmers, processing over 15,000 tons of waste per month.

Egypt's largest hunger relief NGO, based in Cairo since 2004, that runs a food rescue and redistribution program collecting surplus meals and produce from hotels, restaurants and markets to distribute to community organizations nationwide, diverting edible surplus food from waste.