Save Food, Save Money: How ResQmeals Is Tackling Food Waste

ResQmeals ensures good food aren’t wasted while keeping your savings intact.

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Malaysia is a land rich with food and this also means there are a lot of food wastage going on especially during the festive seasons.

Some restaurants with food surplus may opt to donate the still good food to the underprivileged but that’s still not enough to manage food surplus.

Fortunately, a mobile app named ResQmeals offers another solution to make sure all the good food don’t go to waste.

With ResQmeals, FnB establishments like restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets and cafes can list their extra food to be sold on the app at a marked down price. This works to lessen food wastage while helping FnB estblishments earn a profit and still feed the nation.

Currently, customers have to self pickup their orders from the shop.

Francis Chung, CEO of ResQmeals, said he isn’t keen on having food delivered on motorcycles for now because using diesel and petrol produces more carbon footprint.

He’ll consider having the delivery option available if there’s a choice to use EV bikes for deliveries.

Chung was inspired to start ResQmeals after he realised the food surplus issue was due to a system problem.

After living and working in cities like Hong Kong and travelling around Europe, he observed how the locals treated sustainability as a responsibility and not as a trend. He realised they make small, practical decisions daily that will collectively make a difference down the road.

After much reflection once he’s back in Malaysia, he realised there are a lot of food wastage in Klang Valley during festive seasons and all the hard work done to create these delicious meals are lost.

He believes all the good food are prepared with good intention but the value is lost when it all ends up in the landfill.

Chung explained that the extra food that gets thrown away will produce a lot of methane gas which is significantly more dangerous than carbon dioxide emissions. The high potency of methane gas contributes to over 25% of current global warming.

Chung shared that the feedback for ResQmeals is good so far. During the introduction event, guests get to explore and use the app for the first time.

If you’re interested to check out ResQmeals, you can download the app from Google Play and App Store.

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