OUR NETWORK
The Power of Good
The agencies, companies, donors and individuals in our network come together to make a difference in Atlanta.
Great Food Belongs in Kitchens, Not Landfills
The Second Helpings Atlanta food rescue network starts with our food donors’ commitment to feeding people with their surplus product. By donating recoverable food that would otherwise end up in landfills, these businesses represent the foundation of our effort to make Atlanta a more sustainable and food-secure place to live. Currently, we rescue food regularly from food donors– grocery stores, corporate kitchens, farmers’ markets, restaurants, stadiums, and schools, to name a few!
Food donation partners can include any location that handles perishable food and either regularly or occasionally has excess to share with those in need. Our team will work with your staff to arrange donations on an ad hoc, periodic, or regular basis, on the days and times that work best for your schedule. When we pick up your donations, you’ll know that everything you give is being immediately and safely transported to a partner that can use the donated food for good in your local community.
State and Federal Laws Exist to Protect You
The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 states that businesses engaged in the donation of perishable and nonperishable food “shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability arising from the nature, age, packaging, or condition” of the donated items as long as certain requirements are met.
The requirements are:
- The donated items must be either apparently wholesome food or apparently fit grocery products
- The covered party must donate the items in good faith
- The donation must be made to a nonprofit organization
- The nonprofit must distribute the donated items to needy individuals.
In addition, Congress passed the Food Donation Improvement Act in 2022, which expands and strengthens those protections. In GA, state code § 51-1-31 also offers donors “liability from donation of canned or perishable food to charitable or nonprofit organizations for use or distribution.”
There Are Tax Benefits
The Internal Revenue Code 170(e)(3) of 2011 provides enhanced tax deductions to businesses to encourage donations of fit and wholesome food to qualified nonprofit organizations serving the poor and needy. Qualified business taxpayers can deduct the cost to produce the food and half the difference between the cost and full fair market value of the donated food.
OUR FOOD DONORS
Affairs to Remember
Aldi Buckhead #3221
Aldi Kennesaw #927
Alexander Produce, Inc.
Andrew Thomas Lee Photography
Atlanta International School
Atlanta Speech School
Beksa Lala
Booz Allen Hamilton
Buckhead Atlanta
Chick-fil-A Ashford Dunwoody
Chick-fil-A Downtown Decatur
Chick-fil-A Macland Crossing
Chick-fil-A Roswell Road
Chick-fil-A South Cobb Drive
Chick-fil-A Terrell Mill
Chick-fil-A Vinings
Chick-fil-A West Paces Ferry
Chick-fil-A Windy Hill
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) – Arthur M. Blank Hospital
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) – Scottish Rite Hospital
City BBQ – McDonough
Cleveland Electric
Coca-Cola World HQ
Comcast
Common Market Southeast
Concrete Jungle
Coosemans Atlanta, Inc.
Costco Brookhaven #1084
Costco Cumberland Mall #631
Costco Perimeter #188
Cox Enterprises
CP Group
Delbar – Buckhead
Delta Air Lines
Elevance Health
Emory Healthcare – Emory Decatur Hospital
Emory Healthcare – Emory University Hospital Midtown
Emory Healthcare – Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown
Engelman’s Bakery
Ernst & Young – Downtown
Evergreen Butcher + Baker
Federal Reserve
Fidelity Fruit & Produce
Five Daughters Bakery – Westside Provisions
Floor & Decor
Flour + Time Bakery
Fox Bros BBQ – West Midtown
Freedom Farmer’s Market
Fresh Market Buckhead #61
Fresh Market Dunwoody #43
Fresh Market Roswell Road / Wieuca #84
Fulton Science Academy
Game Show Battle Rooms – Atlanta
Gather’d Market – Buckhead
Georgia Peach Truck
Georgia World Congress Center
Goldbergs – Buckhead
Golden Krust
Grady Memorial Hospital
Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead
GSK Group
Gus’s Fried Chicken – Chamblee
Gus’s Fried Chicken – Downtown
Gus’s Fried Chicken – Kennesaw
Gus’s Fried Chicken – Sandy Springs
Halpern Enterprises
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Jewish Family and Career Services – Tasting Experience VIP Event
Kroger Grassland Crossing #444
Lenbrook
Longhorn – Cobb Parkway
LowCountry Steak
Meat Masters
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Microsoft Atlanta
Miller’s Ale House
Molino Tortilleria
NAFEM – North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers
National Council of Jewish Women Atlanta (NCJW Atlanta)
NCR HQ
North Cobb Christian School
Northside Hospital – Forsyth
Northside Hospital – Sandy Springs
Nothing Bundt Cakes – Sandy Springs
Nourish + Bloom Market – Trilith
Olive Garden – Smyrna
Pace Academy
Papa John’s – Buford Highway
Papa John’s – Cascade Road
Papa John’s – Defoors Ferry Road
Papa John’s – Metropolitan Parkway
Papa John’s – North Druid Hills
Papa John’s – Powers Ferry Road
Papa John’s – Roswell Road
Papa John’s – Spring Road
Paris Baguette – Vinings
Pattillo Industrial Real Estate
Piedmont Driving Club
Pine Street Market
Publix Alpharetta-Rucker #1019
Publix Brookhaven #1363
Publix Hammond Drive #647
Rachel Green Injury Law Firm
Relex Solutions
Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel
Retaaza
Scottish Rite Hospital
Sidetick
Southern Culinary & Creative
Sprouts Buford #529
Sprouts Decatur #525
Sprouts East-West Connector / Smyrna #518
Sprouts Peachtree Corners / Norcross #513
Sprouts Piedmont / Atlanta #519
Sprouts Roswell #520
State Farm Arena
Sunrise at Buckhead
Target Cobb Parkway #373
Target Prado #2333
Target Woodstock Road #1761
Taste of Alpharetta
Taste of Atlanta
Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe – Toco Hills
The Atlanta Academy
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)
The Galloway School
The Howard School
The Little Potato Company / Castellini / Anthony Marano Company
The Lookout O4W
The Lovett School
The Mount Vernon School
The Schenck School
The Westminster Schools
Trader Joe’s Alpharetta / Halcyon #798
Trader Joe’s Buckhead #735
Trader Joe’s Chastain #799
Trader Joe’s East Cobb / Marietta #732
Trader Joe’s Midtown / Atlanta #730
Trader Joe’s Roswell #733
Trader Joe’s Sandy Springs #731
Trinity School
Truist Park
Wellstar Cobb Medical Center
Wellstar Health System
Westin Atlanta Gwinnett
What Chefs Want
Whole Foods Avalon
Whole Foods Brookhaven
Whole Foods Buckhead
Whole Foods Decatur
Whole Foods Merchant’s Walk
Whole Foods Midtown
Whole Foods Northside
Whole Foods Ponce De Leon
Whole Foods Sandy Springs
Woodward Academy
Woodward North
Yard House – Atlantic Station
Yard House – The Battery