About Our Community Exchange

Innovating Food Rescue & Redistribution

Hollywood Food Coalition’s Community Exchange is a free, concierge food service aimed at providing small to medium-sized social service nonprofits the food they need, when they want it, so they can focus on their missions.

As a kitchen ourselves, we understand the struggle to find and acquire food in the right quantities and at the right time through the current food bank model. The Exchange is changing how all of that works. Our careful recipient intake and feedback process, paired with our innovative food rescue data-tracking system, allows us to create a concierge model that works better for all recipients.

By the Numbers

From 2020 to 2024

Over 500

Business
Donors

7,479,797

Pounds of Food Rescued

Over 160

Nonprofit Recipients

Donate Food & Essentials
Our Partners
Receive Food for Your Nonprofit
Volunteer and Help Us Distribute Food
Videos
We’re telling the story of our donors, recipients, and volunteers in our video series.

Donate Food & Essentials

Businesses

We work with all types of businesses, from restaurants, grocery stores, and farms to offices and studios, to ensure surplus food is put to great use! If you work at an organization with extra food, call us. We will turn it into meals for our community.

Your donation is fully protected from liability both federally and state-wide thanks to Good Samaritan laws.

To set up a donation, email or call 323-347-7907. You may also drop off food directly at the Exchange, Monday-Friday from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. Our team will be thrilled to see you.

Individuals

We happily accept food donations from individuals, though please note we do not accept opened and expired food.

Non-Food Essentials

The Exchange accepts some non-food essentials and supplies, which we offer to our clients through our Community Wellness Program, and to our recipient organizations at the Exchange. Please call ahead to see if we can accept the donation 323-347-7907.

Donate Food and Essentials

Some of Our Generous Partners

The Community Exchange is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing GHG emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities. The Cap-and-Trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution. California Climate Investments projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling, and much more. At least 35 percent of these investments are located within and benefiting residents of disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, and low-income households across California. For more information, visit the California Climate Investments website.

We couldn’t do our work without the support of all businesses that trust us with our food recovery efforts. If you’re interested in becoming a food donor please contact us at .

Business Donors

1 Hotel West Hollywood

10 Degrees

314 La Brea LLC

7-Eleven

A-Sha Dry Noodle USA

AHF

Alexandria House

Alfred’s Coffee

Alibi Coffee

Alpha Foods

Amazon

Anea Protein

Anping Food Company LLC

Apartments.com

Autry Museum

Avalon Foods

Baby2Baby

Bain & Company

Beezoo Catering

Bellweather Farm

Beverly

Bevmo

Beyond Burgers

Big Country Foods

Big Square

Blue Bottle Coffee

Boardroom Catering

BooHoo Clothing

Boston Consulting

Boyz In The Kitchen

Bread Lounge

BreadBlok

Bristol Farms

Brooklyn Bagels

Brothers Desserts

Bub and Grandma’s Bread

Bulgogi Hut

Cake Monkey

California Hospital Medical Center

California Marketplace

Candela

Canters Deli

Canyon Partners

Cedars-Sinai (Accelerator Program Dept. )

ChainFest

Chameleon Coffee

Charlie’s Produce

Cheesecake Factory

Chef Courtney Storer

Chef’s to End Hunger

Chick-fil-a

Children’s Hospital

Chipotle

ChowNow

Clark St. Bakery

Clean Eatz Kitchen

Club Pilates WeHo

CMG Trade

Co-Opportunity Market

Coffee Commissary

Community Space Food Bank

Cookbook

Cool Foods Co.

Costar

Crateful

Creative Arts Agency

Crossroads Kitchen

Daddy’s Chicken Shack

De La Calle Tepache

Dean Distributors

Dear Bella Creamery

Deez Trucking

Diamond Bakery

DLS Events LLC

Downtown Music

Dr Virginia Van Osdel DDS

Duke’s Malibu

Eastern Quality Foods

Eat Club

Eclipse Foods

Einstein Bros Bagels

Elevatesnackbox.com

ESPN

Everyday Action

Everytable

Evisions

Exotix Dispensary

FactSet

Fancifull

Farm2People

Farmer John’s

Farmlink

Fat Sal’s

Fish House

Fly By Jing

Food and Bounty

Food Fetish Catering

Food Finders

Food Forward

FoodCycle LA

Free Food Collective

Freshly

Friends and Family

fundamental LA

Galleria Market

Ganbatte Fitness

Garibaldina Society

GBC Global

Genies

Getty Museum

Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center

Go Get Em Tiger

Go-Puff

Good Planet Innovation

Goodr

Govindas

Gracefully Fed

Green Earth Cafe

Groundwork Coffee Co.

Gucci Osteria

Guy Fieri’s Superbowl Tailgate

Gwen’s

H&M

H2Rose

Hammer Museum

Handy Market

Happy Socks

Harroh’s Chicken

Haute Chef

Heart of Compassion

Heartbeat Los Angeles

Helados de Centroamerica CORP

Henry Mask

Hint Water

Hollywood Farmer’s Market

Hollywood Pantages

Honey Hi

Hoy’s Wok

Huckleberry Cafe

Huntington Library

Impossible Foods

Individual- Michael Grissom

Insomnia Cookies

It’s Pho

Jerry’s Patio Dining

Jidori Chicken

Jitlada

Jon’s

Jonathan Louis Furniture

JUST

Just What I Kneaded

Kaiser Permanente

Kate Farms

Kettle Glazed Donuts

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Kismet

Kradjian Imports

KW Food Enterprise

L.E.K Consulting

L’antica Pizzeria da Michele

LA Foodshop

LA Grocery & Cafe

La Monarca Bakery & Cafe

La Pan Quotidian

La Rochelle Bakery and Cafe

La Tropézienne Bakery

LA Urban Farms

LACMA

Ladurée

Lassens

Lawry’s

Layla Bagels

Lazy Acres Market

Lêberry Bakery & Donut

LegalZoom

Levain Bakery

Lexington Bakes

Light Iron

Little Fish

Little Llama Peruvian Tacos

Little Spoon

Live Nation

Lodge Bread Company

Loew’s Hollywood Hotel

Lokal Sandwich Shop

Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation

Los Angeles Food Bank

Los Novillos Market

LuLu Restaurant

Magees Donuts

Magic Mountain

Majordomo

Manuela

Marissa Faeldan-Suarez

Market Tavern

Martin Bros. Construction

Marukai Market

Mary’s Kitchen

Mas Veggies Vegan Taqueria

Matfer Bourgeat

McCall’s Meat & Fish Co.

McDonalds

Meat Shredz

Mendocino Farms

Mensch Bakery Kitchen

Metrobi

Meyers Manx Cafe

Miceli’s

Midcity Dessert

Mike’s Love and Catering

Milk Bar

Milk Jar

Miramax

Misfit Markets/Imperfect Foods

Mocean

Modern Bread and Bagel

Mondrian Hotel

Monty’s Good Burger

Moon Juice

Mother’s Market

Move For Hunger

Mythical Entertainment

National Association of Realtors

Native Foods

NBC Departmental Food Drive

NEO Ensemble Theatre Company

NEP Group

Netflix

Nibll

Nickelodeon

Noah’s Bagels Larchmont

Nybll

Oaks Homeowners Association

Ojai Roots

Omni Foods

Once Upon A Farm

Orto Farms

Outfront Media

OWN Network

Pacific Design Center

Pacifico Aquaculture

Panda Express

Panera

Pantheon Coffee

Papa Johns

Pavillions

Peroni

Petitgrain Boulangerie

Pink Donut & Coffee

Pizza Hut

Premier Meat Company

Pressed Juicery

Prime Paper

Prince Street Pizza

Professional Produce

Proof Bakery

Pura Vita

Puratos Corporation Quantas

Radical Roots

Rainbao Dumplings

Ralphs

Real Rock N’ Roll Movers

Red Chamber

Restaurant Depot

Ricky’s Fish Tacos

Rite Aid

Robben Wholesale Distribution

Rock and Wrap It Up

Rogue Machine Theater Company

Roji Bakery

Rolling Sands

Rooted Innovations Inc.

Safer Plate

Salt

Sam’s Bagels

San Pellegrino

Sassafras Saloon

Savory Gourmet Inc.

Seafood City Supermarket

Second Home

Sephora

Setton Pistachios

Shannon Warner Events

Shopify LA

Sidecar Doughnuts

Smart and Final

Snak King

SOHO House

Sound Night Club

Soylent

Sprinkles

Sprouts

St. Stephens

Starport Foods

State Farm Insurance

Stater Brothers Market

Stay Macro

Stoneview Nature Center

Stupid Good

Suá Superette

Sugar Taco

Sugarbird Sweets and Teas

Sultan Beverages

Sun Noodle

Sungold Studio

Sunrise Produce

Sunset Gower- Monsters

Super King

Superior Grocers

Support + Feed

Sweet Lilly Bakery Cafe

Sweetgreen

Swingers Diner

Taix French Restaurant

Target

Tartine

Taylor Farms

That’s It

The Avenue Hollywood

The Butcher’s Daughter

The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills

The Copper Key

The Flamingo Estate

The Fonda Theatre

The Magic Castle

The Mystic Museum

The Original Farmer’s Market

The Parlor Sports Bar

The Sisters Cafe

The Vita Coco Company

The Wing

The Wonderful Co.

Tinder

Titmouse Inc.

Tomorrow Bagel

Trader Joe’s

Trifecta

Tru Earth

True Food Kitchen

UDV Group

Uncle Paulie’s Deli

Universal Studios

US Foods

USGA / Par Catering

UTA

Valley Food Bank

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream

Vedder Price

Vicente Foods

Vitabowl

Vons

Waymo

Wella

West Hollywood Farmers Markets

Western Bagels

Wexlers Deli

WhatIF Milk

Whole Foods

Wokcano

Wolfgang Puck Catering

World Centric

Yamashiro

Yelp LA East

Yoga Box

Yoli Vendors LLC

Zamroy LLC

Zico

Receive Food for Your Nonprofit

Revamping the Food Bank Model

We’re revamping the current food bank model to help nonprofits with their meal programs. Working with us, they can choose the food they’d like and when they’d like to receive it. This allows organizations to plan ahead and avoid becoming overwhelmed with random food drop-offs.

We take great care in learning about your organization, the populations you serve, and the services you provide. We will help set up a plan that works for you.

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Volunteer to Help Us Distribute Food

We move thousands of pounds of food in and out every day to make sure it feeds people across Los Angeles. It’s a fun, yet challenging process that we can’t do without our wonderful volunteers!

You Can Choose How You’d Like to Help

We have opportunities ranging from “chill” – such as packaging food into shareable quantities – to “fast-paced workout replacement,” helping us move and store pallets of food around our facility.

Help with Intake, Sorting, and Sharing

Our volunteers play an integral role throughout our intake, sorting, and sharing processes to ensure food we receive is efficiently distributed to our hardworking recipient agencies.

We want you to join our Exchange Volunteer Team!

VOLUNTEER

Videos

We’re telling the story of our donors, recipients, and volunteers in our video series. Tune in to keep up with what’s been happening and learn more about the wild world of rescuing food and sharing it with people in need. If you’d like a video, and you donate food, receive food, or volunteer with us, let us know! We’d love to share your contribution with the community.

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