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Made in Canada · Toronto · Vancouver · Montréal

Save good food, for less.

Great local food from bakeries, cafés, restaurants, grocers, and farms near you — at up to 50–70% off.

Single bags, family boxes, produce crates, grocery bundles. Pickup windows set by each business.

Built in Canada Local food recovery network TrophexCare integrated
Local food recovery in Canada
Local pickup available

Greenleaf Grocers · 0.6 km

Fresh Essentials Bundle

Today's pickup window

$11.99

$36.00

Fresh local Canadian produce, baked goods, and grocery essentials

A national platform

Built in Canada for local food recovery

Our mission

A smarter way to keep good food moving.

Each day, edible food goes unsold while household costs keep climbing.

Trophex connects local businesses, households, and community recovery on one structured platform — so good food keeps moving.

Better value for households

Quality local food at meaningful savings.

Recovery support for local businesses

A practical way to capture value from everyday surplus.

Structured local food recovery

One platform connecting businesses, households, and community partners.

🍁 Why food recovery matters

A national issue. A local solution.

A large share of edible food in Canada never reaches a table — costing households, businesses, and the climate.

Where food produced in Canada goes

46.5%

wasted

  • 53.5% Eaten
  • 41.7% Avoidable waste
  • 4.8% Unavoidable loss

Source: Second Harvest & Value Chain Management International, October 2024

$58B

Annual value of avoidable food waste in Canada.

Second Harvest, 2024

25.7M tonnes

CO₂e emissions from avoidable food waste — equal to 253,000 flights from Toronto to Vancouver.

Second Harvest, 2024

1 in 4

Canadian households experiencing food insecurity — over 2.5 million children.

Statistics Canada, 2024

Figures from publicly available Canadian food waste and food security research. Shown for context.

What's actually inside

What's inside the bags and boxes?

Real examples of what local pickups can look like. Contents and prices vary by partner.

End-of-day bakery box
Bakery Box ~64% off

Approx. value

$22

Pickup price

$7.99

End-of-day bakery box

Sourdough · 2 croissants · cinnamon bun · baguette · cookies

1–2 people Late afternoon pickup
Family meal box
Family Dinner ~48% off

Approx. value

$48

Pickup price

$24.99

Family meal box

Roasted chicken · mash · seasonal vegetables · rolls · side salad

Feeds 3–4 Evening pickup
Fresh produce crate
Produce Crate ~53% off

Approx. value

$32

Pickup price

$14.99

Fresh produce crate

Mixed seasonal vegetables, fruit, and herbs from local farms

Weekly household top-up Weekend pickup
Grocery essentials bundle
Essentials ~55% off

Approx. value

$42

Pickup price

$18.99

Grocery essentials bundle

Bread · milk · eggs · greens · apples · cheese · pantry staples

Before the weekly shop Evening pickup
Café lunch bag
Café Lunch ~64% off

Approx. value

$18

Pickup price

$6.49

Café lunch bag

Fresh sandwich · side salad · cookie · coffee · piece of fruit

1 person Midday pickup

Nearby today

See what's available near you.

Contents and pricing shown as examples. Actual bags and boxes are set by each partner business.

How it works

Simple from open to pickup.

Three taps to great-value local food from a shop you already love.

Discover

01

Browse local bags and boxes near you.

Reserve

02

Choose your item, size, price, and pickup window.

Pick up

03

Show your QR code at the business and enjoy.

Pickup windows are set by each business — typically at end of day.

App preview
Bakery
Café
Grocer
Farm
Restaurant
Kitchen
Household

Network effect

Built neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

As more bakeries, cafés, grocers, farms, and restaurants join Trophex, local discovery improves for everyone nearby.

More variety

Bakery, produce, prepared, grocery — across one local feed.

More pickup windows

Morning, midday, evening — fewer missed pickups.

More recovery

More partners means more surplus kept in circulation.

Better daily discovery

Stronger reasons for households to check back.

🍁 A Canadian movement

Every pickup is small. Together, it's a movement.

Food waste is one of Canada's quietest crises. Across the country, good food goes unsold while one in four households worry about groceries. We built Trophex so every choice — every bag picked up, every box recovered, every business that says yes — adds up to something bigger.

This is Canada's network. Local businesses, local households, local recovery partners — moving good food forward, neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

Good food, in motion

We keep edible food moving — out of bins, into kitchens.

Local businesses, stronger

Every recovered surplus is value back into a Canadian small business.

Communities, supported

TrophexCare routes eligible food to local recovery partners — through the same respectful flow.

Become a partner business

Made in Canada · Powered by KOTFF · Open to every Canadian neighbourhood

46.5%

of food produced in Canada is wasted every year

Second Harvest & Value Chain Management International, 2024

$58B

in avoidable food waste — across the Canadian food system

Second Harvest, 2024

1 in 4

Canadian households experiencing food insecurity — including 2.5 million children

Statistics Canada, 2024

Trophex turns these numbers into action — one neighbourhood at a time.

TrophexCare · Community recovery

Structured community food recovery.

Eligible unsold food moves into the hands of local recovery partners — through the same respectful pickup flow.

Eligible unsold food moves directly into the hands of local recovery partners — through the same respectful pickup flow. Every donation is logged, tracked, and supported with structured records for participating businesses.

For businesses

Donation records & tax receipt support.

For communities

Dignified local food access.

For operations

Structured handoffs, every time.

Community partners organizing local food into recovery boxes
Respectful · Organized · Local
Kids of the Future Foundation

Community recovery partner

Kids of the Future Foundation

Supporting structured local recovery across Canadian neighbourhoods.

For businesses

Recover more value from everyday surplus.

Recover value from what your team already made, baked, stocked, or harvested — without changing how they work.

Bakeries Cafés Restaurants Grocers Farms Prepared kitchens Campus operators

Free for the first 3 months

Full access at no cost for 3 months. After that, simple pricing tied to the tools that help your business grow — audit-ready records, recovery reports, and operational insights.

Reusable templates

Create once, update quantity daily.

Flexible pricing

Single bags, family boxes, produce crates, grocery bundles, and premium boxes.

Custom pickup windows

Each business sets its own pickup times.

Foot traffic & rewards

Pickups bring nearby shoppers in-store and support partner-funded rewards.

TrophexCare routing

Eligible unsold food can automatically move into community recovery.

Structured records & tax receipts

Clean records of sold, routed, donated, and recovered items — with donation receipt support through the charity pathway.

Grocery store team using Trophex to hand off a surplus bag

Daily recovery overview · example partner

Sold · Routed · Recovered — tracked together

Business dashboard preview

Why Trophex

Why we built Trophex.

Good food shouldn't end up in the bin while families struggle with grocery bills.

Local businesses already do the hard work. They need a simple way to recover value — not another system to learn.

Trophex was built in Canada, for Canadian neighbourhoods, with community recovery built in from day one.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

For households

Find good food near you, for less.

For businesses

Recover more from everyday surplus.

Recovery Journal

Stories from the recovery network.

Smarter recovery

Why surplus food is a supply-chain opportunity, not a write-off.

5 min read Read
Food affordability

How better-value local food can support Canadian households.

4 min read Read
TrophexCare

How community recovery partners help keep good food moving.

5 min read Read
For businesses

How businesses can recover more from everyday surplus.

6 min read Read