--- title: Celebrating 12 Days of Food Rescue description: We celebrated the 12 Days of Food Rescue across social media and highlighted some notable food recovery transactions from Spoiler Alert. image: http://info.foodspoileralert.com/hubfs/12-Days-Of-Food-Rescue-.png --- [![Spoiler Alert logo white](https://blog.spoileralert.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SpoilerAlert_WhiteLogo_LeftStacked%20(7).png?width=250&name=SpoilerAlert_WhiteLogo_LeftStacked%20(7).png)](https://www.spoileralert.com/) - [Home](https://www.spoileralert.com) - [Solutions](https://www.spoileralert.com/sales) - [Blog](https://www.spoileralert.com/blog) - [Resources](https://www.spoileralert.com/resources) # Spoiler Alert Blog | Food Waste [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Celebrating%2012%20Days%20of%20Food%20Rescue) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) # Celebrating 12 Days of Food Rescue [Hannah Geise](https://blog.spoileralert.com/author/hannah-geise) Dec 19, 2016 ![Hannah Geise](https://blog.spoileralert.com/hubfs/Hannah_Geise.png) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![12-Days-Of-Food-Rescue-](https://blog.spoileralert.com/hs-fs/hubfs/12-Days-Of-Food-Rescue-.png?width=737&name=12-Days-Of-Food-Rescue-.png) From Wednesday, December 7 through Sunday, December 18, we celebrated the "12 Days of Food Rescue" across our [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/foodspoileralert) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/SpoilerAlert) accounts. We highlighted some notable transactions from Spoiler Alert and shared additional context on how those food recovery transactions developed. Here's a recap of the 12 transactions we highlighted.   ## Day #1 There may be no partridge or pear tree, but we did have ONE massive gleaning opportunity of 20,000 pounds of potatoes in Maine. ![Gleaning potato farm in Maine](https://blog.spoileralert.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Gleaning%20-%20Facebook.png?width=354&name=Gleaning%20-%20Facebook.png) ## Day #2 There are over TWO hundred Spoiler Alert users [across the New England area](http://hubs.ly/H05tsbZ0). We’re proud to support their waste diversion and food recovery efforts! ![200+ users on Spoiler Alert](https://blog.spoileralert.com/hs-fs/hubfs/200-users-on-Spoiler-Alert.jpg?width=400&name=200-users-on-Spoiler-Alert.jpg) ## Day #3 Nonprofits often look to Spoiler Alert as a tool to get more food donations, but Spoiler Alert also can come to the rescue when they have excess. Read about how [Community Servings](https://www.servings.org/) found themselves in the role of a food donor when they [experienced an excess of THREE hundred pounds of eggplants](http://hubs.ly/H05t_xh0). ## Day #4 Recently, nearly FOUR hundred pounds of mesclun spring mix were rescued from [Baldor Specialty Foods](https://www.baldorfood.com/) and donated to the [Kroc Center of Boston](http://bostonkroc.salvationarmy.org/). ![Surplus mesclun spring mix](https://blog.spoileralert.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Baldor-Foods-Mesclun.jpg?width=640&name=Baldor-Foods-Mesclun.jpg) ## Day #5 FIVE cases of green peppers to [Lovin' Spoonfuls](http://lovinspoonfulsinc.org/) are even better than five golden rings! ## Day #6 Meet our “six geese a laying” — the SIX members of the Spoiler Alert team! Want to join us? Job openings are [here](https://www.spoileralert.com/careers). ![The Spoiler Alert team in 2016](https://blog.spoileralert.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Team.jpg?width=451&name=Team.jpg) ## Day #7 After an unfortunate misorder, we helped find a new home for SEVEN thousand pounds of frozen strawberries at the [East Boston YMCA Teaching Kitchen](https://ebteachingkitchen.wixsite.com/eastboston) and [Daily Table Dorchester](http://dailytable.org/). ![Boxes of excess frozen strawberries](https://blog.spoileralert.com/hs-fs/hubfs/surplus-strawberries.jpeg?width=480&name=surplus-strawberries.jpeg) ## Day #8 We helped connect a wholesale distributor with EIGHT hundred pounds of spoiling bananas with a local baker, who turned them into hundreds of loaves of banana bread. ## Day #9 Last spring, [Daily Table Dorchester](http://dailytable.org/) generously donated $900 worth of bruschetta to [Food For Free](http://www.foodforfree.org/) through Spoiler Alert. We were proud to help connect the organizations! ## Day #10 170, TEN-pound cases of “ugly but lovely” apples were saved by [The Greater Boston Food Bank](http://www.gbfb.org/) when [Red Tomato](http://www.redtomato.org/) experienced an excess this past fall. ## Day #11 You may have heard how we helped recover ELEVEN thousand organic eggs in under 3 hours. If not, find the story [here](http://hubs.ly/H05v8nH0). ## Day #12 It's our last day of "12 Days of Food Rescue" and it's a great moment to thank all of you for your support during the past TWELVE months of Spoiler Alert!   **Have you participated in or seen great examples food rescue and recovery efforts in your community? Comment below to share or use the hashtag #12DaysOfFoodRescue on social media.** **[![donating surplus food spoiler alert](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/605444/8d37223e-e64b-4c27-b655-da607499b4c3.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/605444/8d37223e-e64b-4c27-b655-da607499b4c3)** --- [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Celebrating%2012%20Days%20of%20Food%20Rescue) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fblog.spoileralert.com%2F12-days-of-food-rescue%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic - [liquidation (43)](https://blog.spoileralert.com/topic/liquidation) - [supply chain (32)](https://blog.spoileralert.com/topic/supply-chain) - [unsold inventory (28)](https://blog.spoileralert.com/topic/unsold-inventory) - [food brand (25)](https://blog.spoileralert.com/topic/food-brand) - [discount retail (23)](https://blog.spoileralert.com/topic/discount-retail) - [sustainability (23)](https://blog.spoileralert.com/topic/sustainability) - [policy (17)](https://blog.spoileralert.com/topic/policy) - [Customer Spotlights (15)](https://blog.spoileralert.com/topic/customer-spotlights) - [donation (12)](https://blog.spoileralert.com/topic/donation) see all