What is the Food Rescue Market (De Voedselkringloop)

The Food Rescue Market (De Voedselkringloop) is an initiative of De Kaskantine that aims to reduce food waste, and is entirely volunteer run.
We primarily rescue fruits, vegetables, bread, and dry goods. Our Food Savers pick up food from our partner suppliers that would otherwise be thrown away, sort it, and then distribute it at our market, which is open to anyone who is interested.

Dutch: 
De Voedselkringloop (The Food Rescue Market) is een initiatief van De Kaskantine dat zich richt op het verminderen van voedselverspilling. Het wordt volledig gerund door vrijwilligers.
We redden voornamelijk fruit, groenten, brood en droge voedingswaren. Onze Voedselhelden halen voedsel op bij onze partnerleveranciers dat anders weggegooid zou worden. Vervolgens sorteren en verdelen ze het op onze voedselreddingsmarkt op vrijdagen, die open is voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is.

How does it work?

The Food Rescue Market is held every Friday from 18:00 until all the food is gone. We use a lottery system to organize the waiting line. Please note that we cannot predict how much food will be available or how many people will attend. However, every Friday before 15:00, we post on this page what we have managed to rescue.

Dutch:
De Voedselkringloop vindt elke vrijdag plaats van 18:00 tot al het voedsel op is. We doen een loterij om de wachtrij te organiseren. Houd er rekening mee dat we niet kunnen voorspellen hoeveel voedsel er beschikbaar zal zijn of hoeveel mensen er zullen komen. Elke vrijdag vóór 15:00 plaatsen we echter op deze pagina wat we hebben weten te redden.
Tip: A great website to look up veggies and learn more about them is https://www.veggipedia.nl/—you’ll find tons of information on nutrition, recipes, and more!

Vrijdag 27 februari 2026 vindt er geen voedselreddingsmarkt plaats.

Friday: 27.02.2026 There will be no Food rescue Market. 

How to store and avoid food waste at home

Explore these videos on storing various vegetables, fruits, and herbs
If you have a specific product and you don't know how long it will last, you can use this tool from voedingscentrum. https://www.voedingscentrum.nl/nl/thema/kopen-koken-bewaren/eten-bewaren.aspx

Become a partner by donating your surplus food! 

An important part of the solution to food waste is small scale, local and community-based redistribution, Therefore we are currently looking to partner up with more local businesses in the neighborhood. When it comes to fresh produce and small amounts of food, large scale logistics simply don’t work as efficiently as the local approach. By donating food to Kaskantine, small businesses can improve the environment by saving food which would otherwise be wasted, while reducing transport emissions because it is brought to a local distributor. So, if your local business is interested in donating surplus food, we can get you started by addressing one basic question:

What is considered food that can be donated (food surplus)?
  • perishable and non-perishable food that is near or past its THT date
  • incorrectly weighed or measured food products that can no longer be sold,
  • incorrectly labeled food, damaged or imperfect food products of which the safety is not compromised
  • oversupplied food items and out dated promotional or seasonal items, 
  • food that does not comply with aesthetic norms but that still complies with health regulations AND does not need cooling
  • are all possibly fit for donation!
Food that we can NOT process
  • food with TGT date
  • products that need cooling
  • We donot accept food from private households

    Food waste contact form for suppliers

Kaskantine's approach to food waste

The broader aim of the project is to contribute to the circular economy of the neighborhood, and to make citizens “future proof” by closing resource loops. In the EU, around 88 million tonnes of food waste are generated annually with associated costs estimated at 143 billion euro's (FUSIONS, 2016), about 30% of the originally produced food.
Wasting food is not only an ethical and economic issue but it also depletes the environment of limited natural resources.
Reducing food waste helps to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and, on top of that, it enables us to:
  • support the fight against climate change (food waste alone generates about 8% of global greenhouse gas missions)
  • save nutritious food for redistribution to those in need, helping to eradicate hunger and malnutrition (some 43 million people in the EU cannot afford a quality meal every second day)
  • save money for farmers, companies and households.