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Flashfood

Flashfood is a Toronto app that sells grocery stores' near-expiry food at a steep discount instead of sending it to landfill. Founded in 2016 by Josh Domingues, it operates in grocery chains across Canada and the United States and raised a $12.3 million Series A in 2022.

Retail TechTorontoFounded 2016flashfood.com
$12.3MSeries A, to expand the discounted-food marketplace in the USBetaKit, 2022-03-01

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What they build

Flashfood appDiscounted near-expiry groceries, collected in storeProduct page ↗

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On the TechTO stage

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About

Josh Domingues started Flashfood in 2016 after his sister, a chef, was told to throw out $4,000 of good food. The app lists food a grocer would otherwise discard — produce, meat, bakery — at roughly half price, and the shopper collects it from a fridge in the store. On the RetailTO stage in 2019 Domingues walked through the direct-to-consumer detour that, in his words, almost ended the company. He moved to Executive Chairman in January 2024 when Nicholas Bertram became CEO.

Backers

Series A investors not individually verified

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

Quick answers

What does Flashfood do?

It sells grocery stores' near-expiry food at a discount through an app, so the food is bought rather than thrown out. Shoppers pay in the app and collect from a dedicated fridge in the store.

Who founded Flashfood?

Josh Domingues, in Toronto in 2016. He was CEO until January 2024 and is now Executive Chairman; Nicholas Bertram is CEO.

What did Flashfood share on the TechTO stage?

At RetailTO in April 2019, Domingues gave a talk called 'D2C Almost Ended Our Company' on the direct-to-consumer detour that nearly finished the business before the grocer model worked.

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