In the meantime, the SIRPLUS team has more than 70 wonderful rescue warriors who are working in our supermarkets, in our warehouse, and in our office, or on the road, rescuing food which would otherwise be wasted.
Raphael Fellmer has been campaigning against food waste since 2009 and became known for his 5-year money strike. Already with his food saving movement founded in 2012 (today known as "foodsharing"), more than 55,000 food savers have been inspired to volunteer and stand for the appreciation of food. This has already saved over 23 million kilograms of food. Together with his friend of many years, environmental engineer and foodsharing pioneer Martin Schott, the two founded SIRPLUS in 2017.
Thankfully, since its inception SIRPLUS has been supported by an increasing number of private individuals, companies and organisations who have helped us achieve our ambitious goal. Since the opening of the 1st rescue supermarket, over 100,000 loyal customers have supported us, and over 600 cooperation partners have helped save millions of tons of food which was not able to be collected by food banks or foodhsaring. The supporters also include Climate-KIC, a support programme of the European Union, law firms, advertising agencies and many other partners who support us pro bono and made SIRPLUS possible in the first place. Last but not least we would like to thank Lukas Karl & Tobias Jansen from Vidream, who produced the crowdfunding film with a lot of heart.
Now the only thing that is missing is you! We are looking forward to working together to achieve great things, and get closer to our vision of a world where all people have enough to eat and all proeduced food is eaten.