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Stiftung Schweizer Tafel

Kerzers, Fribourg

The Schweizer Tafel distributes perfectly good, surplus food to social institutions such as homeless shelters, soup kitchens, emergency shelters and other relief organisations: over 6500 tonnes worth 45.4 million Swiss francs every year - or around 25 tonnes every day. That corresponds to 18.6 million meals a year.

Did you know that 2.8 million tonnes of food are thrown away every year and at the same time 8.7% of the Swiss population is affected by poverty?

With 36 refrigerated vehicles, Schweizer Tafel collects around 25 tonnes of perfect, surplus food from retailers every day and distributes it free of charge to 500 social institutions, such as homeless shelters, street kitchens, emergency shelters or women's shelters. In this way, it builds a bridge from abundance to scarcity and helps ... Read More

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