Half of all food in Europe is wasted, a large portion of which is still edible. SirPlus, together with the food industry, is revolutionizing the saving of food. We sell surplus food in Berlin's first food outlet store, via our sam… Show more
SirPlus, in cooperation with major players in the food industry, will save large quantities of surplus, non-standard, and expired food from farmers, producers, logistics companies, wholesalers, and retailers and bring them back into the food cycle responsibly. The food is sold by SirPlus at discounts of up to 70% of the original price. Retail customers and companies can buy the salvaged and perfectly edible goods directly at the SirPlus Shop in Berlin - th… Show more
The goal of SirPlus is to massively curb the waste of food by revolutionizing the food industry and making food saving more professional and mainstream. Together with our partners, we will tackle the issue of food waste first in Berlin, then across Germany - and in the long term on an international level. The aim is to save resources, prevent overproduction, and reduce CO2 emissions. Through SirPlus, all of the target groups involved have a benefit: the fo… Show more
Food is the foundation of our lives. This issue affects us all - every single day. Together, we can achieve a reduction in the current level of food waste from 50% to 40%, in the best case even 30%. We will start in Berlin with the goal of drastically reducing food waste here as a pilot. Your support would make it possible to make the Berlin pilot project a success and to demonstrate the potential of the SirPlus concept.
We wish everyone to have a renewed a… Show more
Thanks to your contribution, we can set up and operate the first food outlet shop in Berlin (rental, inventory, checkout system, delivery service, etc.). To do this, we need to enlarge our team, rent one or two refrigerated vehicles, and set up a warehouse for saved food. In other words, your help will allow us to put the SirPlus 'system' into action and then scale it.
If we are able to significantly exceed the funding goal, we can start programming the pla… Show more
The SirPlus Founding Team consists of three Musketeers and many people who have supported us over the past months. The initiator is Raphael Fellmer, who has crusaded against the waste of food since 2009 and is best known from his 5-year money strike where he refused to use money. Already with his 2012 food saving movement (today known as "foodsharing"), he has been able to inspire more than 26,000 food savers who have helped to bring awareness to this issu… Show more