SecondServe
NewAI matching for surplus food, live on a real map

Good food deserves a second serving.

When bakeries, grocers and restaurants close for the night, good food is often still on the shelves. SecondServe reads one sentence, finds the right food bank, and sends a volunteer driver before it's thrown away.

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Live in Tri-ValleySaturday
  1. Golden Crust Bakery posted extra food40 bagels and 12 sourdough loaves · 30 lbs5:30 PM
  2. Read by AIVegan · Allergen: gluten · Pick up by 7:00 PM5:30 PM
  3. Matched: Northside Youth CenterAsked for bakery items · open until 7:00 PM5:31 PM
  4. Ana is on the wayVolunteer driver · van with a cooler5:35 PM
  5. Delivered. About 25 meals.Bread on the tables at the youth center6:02 PM

  • 29%

    of the U.S. food supply went unsold or uneaten in 2024

    Source: ReFED

  • 47.9M

    people lived in households that couldn't always afford enough food

    Source: USDA ERS

  • 2 hrs

    is the most perishable food should sit out of the fridge (1 hour above 90°F)

    Source: USDA FSIS
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  1. 5:30 PM · 1 of 4

    Closing time at the bakery.

    Golden Crust still has 30 pounds of good bread on the shelves. Without a plan, it ends up in the bin.

  2. 5:35 PM · 2 of 4

    One sentence is enough.

    They type it the way they would text a friend. SecondServe fills in what a food bank needs to know: how much, how to keep it, allergens, and when to pick it up.

  3. 5:35 PM · 3 of 4

    A match in under a second.

    We look for a place nearby that asked for bread, still has room, and is open late. Ana, a volunteer with a van, is five minutes away.

  4. 6:02 PM · 4 of 4

    Dinner instead of the dumpster.

    The bread is on the tables at the youth center. Thirty pounds is about 25 meals. Now picture every bakery in town.

Golden Crust Bakery

  • 30 lbs
  • Room temperature
  • Vegan
  • Allergen: gluten
  • Pick up by 7:00 PM

Matched: Northside Youth Center

Asked for bakery items · open until 7:00 PM

0 meals

from 30 lbs of bread

Live demo · a whole evening

Tonight in Tri-Valley, CA

Six local food businesses, five food programs and three volunteer drivers. Press play and watch good food find its way to people, one post at a time.

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5:30 PM

Saturday in Tri-Valley, CA

Food saved

0lbs

Delivered to food banks tonight

Meals shared

0

1.2 lbs of food ≈ 1 meal

Trips made

0

By volunteer drivers

On the road

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Moving right now

Too late

0lbs

Missed the pickup time. We count these too.

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Tri-Valley, CA

Business with extra food
Food bank or shelter
Volunteer driver
Driving to pick up
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Tonight's extra food

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The shelves are quiet, for now.

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Every match comes with reasons

When food is posted, you'll see where it goes, which places were ruled out and why, and which volunteer drives it over.

Who usually has extra on Saturdays

Learned from the last 8 Saturdays of posts. A good guess, not a promise.

  • Golden Crust Bakery100%

    Usually about 37 lbs of bakery items around 5:51 PM. Happened on 8 of the last 8 Saturdays.

  • Ridgeline Catering88%

    Usually about 49 lbs of prepared meals around 7:24 PM. Happened on 7 of the last 8 Saturdays.

  • Tri-Valley Fresh Market88%

    Usually about 60 lbs of fresh produce around 7:59 PM. Happened on 7 of the last 8 Saturdays.

  • Dragon Wok Kitchen88%

    Usually about 19 lbs of prepared meals around 8:49 PM. Happened on 7 of the last 8 Saturdays.

The night so far

Each pickup and delivery shows up here as the evening plays.