Ñapa Box

Digital platform that connects food surpluses from restaurants and bakeries with environmental conscious consumers and non-environmental-conscious consumers. By providing customers a geolocalization of the nearby discounts, they purchase high-quality food as takeaway and choose their pick up time through the app can save up to 50% off the original price, and reduce potential food waste. The app encourages foodies to share their passion while contributing to a good cause by providing a donation for those who live in food insecurity instead of giving a tip, in addition create a new revenue stream for the restaurants and baker surpluses.

The Challenge

Reduce a significant percentage of the food waste generated annually in Colombia, while creating a new revenue stream for surplus food in establishments such as restaurants, bakeries, among others.

It is April 2022, after 24 months of the Colombia’s first case of coronavirus and the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, the vaccine has been spread all over the world. One of the most serious consequences of the pandemic is the increase in the already high levels of food surpluses, which do not reach the 8 million people that could be fed with the wasted food. People are returning, though at a slow pace, to social life. Despite this, restaurants, bakeries and others, now have more food surpluses than ever before. In addition, a new law has been enacted in Colombia regarding up-cycling food in the supply chain, whereby food producers are allowed to add value to surplus-products that might otherwise land in the trash bin, thus turning into waste. This is why Ñapa was create. We are a digital platform that will connect restaurants and bakeries with food surpluses, to environmentally conscious consumers, to reduce food waste in Colombia and food insecurity through donations.