Nonprofit redirects food destined for landfill into hands of those who need it

[Omaha Steve]

SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD
Randy Hansen of Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue loads food donated by Hy-Vee. Saving Grace collects and donates perishable foods that otherwise would have gone to a landfill to local food banks.

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POSTED: MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015 12:30 AM | UPDATED: 4:07 PM, MON OCT 5, 2015.
By Erin Grace / World-Herald columnist

A little cup of chocolate chip cookies had reached the end of its gas station shelf life at QT.

Normally, its story would end in a landfill, along with the 100 billion pounds of food Americans toss every year.

Instead, that cup of cookies took a short and interesting journey.

First it went into the back cooler at the QT at 130th and Q Streets — a way station for perishable items that QT collects from its Omaha stores.

FULL story at link.

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