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Flashfood

App to quickly & easily find discounted food

Flashfood logo
21-100 employees
  • B2C
  • Food
  • Sharing Economy
  • Consumer Goods
  • eCommerce
King West Village, Toronto, ON

Company mission

To stop food waste and feed people.

Top investors

31% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

As the world moves to become more sustainable, issues such as global food waste are increasingly apparent. Food waste is not only a travesty because of world hunger but also because of the devastating greenhouse gas emissions caused as a result.

Flashfood considered how they could tackle this issue. The mobile marketplace provides customers with access to discounted food nearing its best-by date and salvaging food that can be used to help feed those in need or those who are unable to afford fresh and healthy food. The app allows users to browse through available deals at participating stores near them. Customers can also purchase items directly in the app and pick up orders from the Flashfood zone in their participating store.

The company has numerous partners across Canada and the United States, and has saved shoppers millions on their grocery bills, as well as removing gargantuan amounts of product from the waste cycle. Indeed, its collaboration with food solutions company SpartanNash alone has saved families $1.9 million, and diverted one million pounds of food waste. Flashfood continues to develop its strategic partnerships and further its expansion, on the back on earning the number one spot in the Social Good Category on the 2023 Fast Company's list of the most innovative companies.

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Freddie

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Benefits

  • Extra-long weekends April to September
  • Casual and remote-friendly work environment
  • Professional development opportunities - $1,000/year
  • Flexible working hours
  • Work from Home subsidy
  • Company-wide bonus
  • Paid time off for volunteering
  • Monthly Flashfood credits
  • Variety of virtual events all year round

Company values

  • We control the controllables. We’re on time. We’re thoughtful. We’re prepared
  • We’re focused on people, not titles. Everyone gets a seat at the table
  • We do the right thing. Even when no one is watching
  • We’re honest. Especially when it’s difficult
  • We have a bias for action. Because the worst decisions are the ones we fail to make
  • We build simple. Even if simple is the hardest thing
  • We strive for better. We’re eager to challenge our peers and ourselves
  • We keep on an even keel. Because things are never as bad, or as good, as they seem
  • We’re real about climate. As a company, we acknowledge that we’re facing a crisis and act accordingly

Funding (2 rounds)

Feb 2022

$12.3m

SERIES A

Jul 2018

$0.2m

SEED

Total funding: $12.5m

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Leadership

Josh Domingues

(CEO)

Founded Flashfood in 2016 after reading about the environmental effects of food waste. Started career as an investment advisor before spending time as a management consultant and VP at a family office that managed financial affairs for professional hockey players.

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