About LftOvr

LftOvr is a California food-recovery platform being built as a nonprofit. We help food businesses donate surplus food to food banks, charities and families.

Food waste and food insecurity are more complicated than half-price day-old food or tons of edible food in a landfill. LftOvr exists to make recovering surplus food simple for everyone involved: the businesses that have it, the organizations that move it, and the families who need it.

A note from our founder, Eric Miller

I’ve spent most of my adult life in hospitality, from dishwashing to head of operations and everything in between. If it’s a job in a restaurant, a catering kitchen or any other food business, odds are I’ve clocked in for it.

Every kitchen is different, but they all share one thing: food waste. Some sauce past its date, a case of pastries that didn’t sell. Every business that sells food throws some away. After almost two decades of tossing out my fair share, and seeing hungry people come and go wherever I lived, I couldn’t stand by any longer.

That’s why I started LftOvr. It’s more than a website and a platform. We’re building it as a nonprofit to make feeding hungry neighbors easier, and to support food businesses that run on thin margins, where every dollar can be the difference between staying open and closing. We exist to help our neighbors, friends and colleagues reduce food waste and get surplus food to the people who need it most.

Safe, local and fast, ensuring good food gets eaten.

Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino & Los Angeles County cities including:

Orange, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Stanton, Midway City, Pomona, La Verne, Claremont, Upland, Chino, Riverside, Fullerton, Buena Park, and more to come!