In an era of rampant inflation, we are increasingly starting to take an economic approach towards meeting our most important needs. Also not to be overlooked is the ongoing energy crisis, which poses a growing problem for Poles and raises concerns about whether, after paying our heat bills, we will have enough money for the things we have been able to afford so far.

Let's be clear at the outset - everything is getting more expensive, and in the first place, food products, which a large percentage of Poles are increasingly forced to give up. Paradoxically, we can constantly see a bunch of discarded food in dumpsters that has gone bad in our refrigerators/pantries because we didn't have time to eat it.
Also, catering establishments or points where we can buy , "something to snack" are forced to throw away unsold products whose deadline set by the manufacturers has expired.

There are 8 billion people in the world, and more than 800 million people worldwide are affected by hunger. Adding to the bitterness of the whole situation is the fact that there is no shortage of food in the world at all; in fact, concerts produce a surplus of food, which is then thrown away in the garbage.

In Poland, the situation is not too cheerful either, due in large part to the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine and the restriction of the supply chain of products needed for food production, causing prices to keep rising.

After this grim introduction and outlining the problem, we can now move on to more pleasant information. Well, there are people who were not indifferent to the problem of food waste and decided to stand up against it. Among such people we can count Matthew Kowalczyk and Jakub Fryszczyn, who established the Foodsi project in 2019.

The Polish startup's mission is to reduce food waste along with supporting caterers and stores with surplus goods left over.

Dozens of bakeries, pastry stores, cafes and grocery stores are already working with the project. And it's not just local businesses of small entrepreneurs, but also brands such as Salad Story, Pasibus, Thai Wok and Cofix.

How does it work in practice? Well, we create an account on their app, where we can choose what kind of food we are looking for - whether it's something to eat for lunch or baked goods, for example. What adds to the uniqueness of this ecosystem is the fact that there is a correlative phenomenon on both sides - we buy a given , "package" of food, for which we often pay a relatively low price in relation to the value of the , "product", and the seller on the other side has a so-called "product".. problem over, as he does not have to throw away unsold products, and he will still make a few zlotys on it.

The entity offering a given "package" with food issues something like an order, in which it states the price and possible time of collection, we can declare collection by clicking on the selected option and immediately make a symbolic payment. Thanks to this, we give food a , "second life" and can more than once eat well and tasty with the knowledge that and we saved (which, after all, is important in these times, as I mentioned at the beginning) and thanks to us food did not perish in the garbage. Can one? You can. And this is a fantastic solution that gives us the ability to solve several problems in one go.