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Airports & Travel

Complex facilities require coordination. 

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Airports, travel centers, hotels, hospitality operations, and other high-volume foodservice environments can generate significant amounts of wholesome surplus food. 

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The challenge isn’t whether that food can make a difference. 

 

It’s coordinating a donation program across complex operations without disrupting the business. 

A Complete Food Donation Solution
for Airports & Travel

FDC helps travel and hospitality organizations establish and manage food donation programs that connect surplus food with qualified local nonprofit organizations while providing centralized oversight, food safety procedures, reporting, and ongoing support. 

BUILT FOR COMPLEX FOODSERVICE ENVIRONMENTS 

Travel environments can include multiple kitchens, restaurants, concessions, grab-and-go locations, catering operations, lounges, hotels, and other foodservice concepts—all operating under different schedules and producing different types of surplus. 

 

A successful donation program must work within that environment. 

 

FDC develops the program around your operation. 


TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS

 

Centralized Program Management 

Manage donation activity across multiple locations, concepts, terminals, properties, or markets through one FDC relationship. 

 

Local Nonprofit Coordination 

FDC identifies and vets nonprofit organizations capable of safely and reliably receiving available surplus food. 

 

Flexible Pickup Scheduling 

Pickup schedules are developed around food volume, storage capacity, operating hours, access requirements, and nonprofit capabilities. 

 

Simple Operating Procedures 

FDC helps establish straightforward procedures so employees know what can be donated, how it should be handled, where it should be stored, and how donations are recorded. 

 

Food Safety Support 

Donation procedures incorporate appropriate food handling, temperature control, storage, labeling, transfer, and other applicable food safety requirements. 

 

Donation Tracking & Reporting 

Understand donation activity across individual locations, properties, markets, regions, or the entire organization. 

 

Financial Documentation 

Eligible organizations can receive valuation and documentation support for available enhanced federal tax benefits. 

 

One Program Across Your Organization 

A national travel or hospitality company shouldn’t have to manage hundreds of separate nonprofit relationships. 

 

FDC provides centralized program management while donations create impact locally. 

 

Corporate visibility. Local relationships. One point of contact. 

 

Good Food Should Have a Destination 

Surplus prepared foods, bakery products, grab-and-go items, packaged foods, catering surplus, and other wholesome products can have tremendous value to community organizations. 

 

FDC helps make sure that value isn’t wasted. Your Guests May Be Traveling. Your Surplus Food Can Stay Local. 

 

Whatever your operation looks like, FDC builds the donation program around you—not the other way around. 

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Ready to Put Your Surplus Food to Better Use?

Whether you’re considering donation donating food for the first time, looking to improve an existing program, or trying to better understand the financial opportunity, FDC can help. 

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ADDRESS

FDC Support Center

P.O. Box 22787
Knoxville, TN 37934

PHONE

USA/Canada: 800-831-8161
United Kingdom: 0-800-324-7064
Global: +44 333-247-0242

EMAIL

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