From composting to donating excess food, Chick-fil-A restaurants care for the planet every day
Many Chick-fil-A® restaurants across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico participate in a variety of initiatives that care for the planet: In addition to fighting hunger through the Chick-fil-A Shared Table® program, more than 130 restaurants across the country keep excess food and food waste out of landfills through community composting programs.
Pursuing your next goal in Phoenix
In Phoenix, Arizona, 12 restaurants are working with local composting service Recycled City to compost food scraps, from strawberry stems to fryer crumbs. The organization uses organic waste to create fertile soil for Phoenix-area farmland.
“Every week, Chick-fil-A throws out [Phoenix restaurants contribute] “Composting saves thousands of pounds of food from being thrown into landfills,” says Recycle City founder JD Hill.
As an agricultural hub, the restaurant’s efforts to combat food waste in Phoenix can help lay the groundwork for more Chick-fil-A restaurants to follow suit and find new ways to care for the planet.
Chick-fil-A Canada is committed to fighting hunger
Chick-fil-A restaurants in Canada recently celebrated a major milestone in the fight against hunger, as all 14 Toronto restaurants joined the Chick-fil-A Shared Table program, a program where local owner-operators donate surplus food to local charities.
Local partners like Second Harvest are working with Chick-fil-A restaurants to help Canadians find sustainable and reliable sources of food.
Additionally, select Chick-fil-A restaurants in Canada are participating in local composting efforts to keep even more food waste out of landfills.
US Food Waste Agreement Makes a Big Impact
In April 2024, Chick-fil-A became the first restaurant company to join the U.S. Food Waste Compact, which aims to reduce food waste across the United States by 50% by 2030.
The brand has a goal of diverting 25 million pounds of food waste from landfills by 2025, and franchise restaurants and organizations across the Chick-fil-A system have already diverted 23.9 million pounds of food from landfills through initiatives like local composting and the Chick-fil-A Shared Table program.
The fight against food waste is never over, but Chick-fil-A, Inc. is committed to empowering our local owner-operators and licensees to do all they can to get surplus food from their restaurant kitchens to thousands of people across North America.
