The plan is tentatively scheduled for five years. At the current stage, a total of around 50 smart food donation machines are set up to collect grocery food items at designated PARKnSHOP stores in Hong Kong.

The project aims to promote the culture of food recycling and offer O+O channel for customers to donate edible surplus food conveniently, while sending love and care to the unprivileged in the community. The weight of the food donated by customers will be converted and visualized into the equivalent amount of meal boxes and food packs that can be made with such donation.

The donated food items will be properly assorted and sent to the central point of collection of Food Angel. Through strict food safety inspection procedures and screening, the food will be used for cooking nutritious meals and for food packs, and eventually distributed to people who are in need of food assistance free of charge.

Customers can check the designated store list of "Share Food Share Love" Smart Food Donation Machine and their operating hours via this website.

"Share Food Share Love" Smart Food Donation Machine only accepts grocery food items generally sold in the market, which have an intact packaging, and a clearly-stated Before Expiry Date for 4 weeks or more.

o Frozen, Chilled, Perishable & Dairy Food o Opened, Bulged & Damaged Packaging o Items in Liquid & Packaged in Glass Container o Expired

The total weight of food donated by customers is limited to 40 kilogram each time. If they wish to donate food exceeding this threshold, he/she would have to restart the machine for another round of donation.

For every 1 kilogram of food successfully donated by customers, they can earn 50 MoneyBack points. Customers may decide to either accumulate the points into their MoneyBack account or donate to Food Angel.

The Machine is installed with an automated monitoring function, which will notify Food Angel when it nearly reaches the maximum capacity. Meanwhile, customers can also contact our program hotline at 9247-9330 via WhatsApp (text message only), Food Angel will then collect food from the mentioned stores as soon as possible. If a donation record needs not to be accumulated, customers can pass the food items to our staff. They will affix a “City Food Drive” sticker to every item customer donates before putting it in clean egg carton box and mark the carton box clearly with assigned label to avoid confusion. They food items will then be sent to Food Angel accordingly.

Customers can notify store staff for immediate assistance. They can also record the concerned location, date and time, case number displayed on screen (if any) and specific questions about the incident, and send the aforementioned details to our program hotline at 9247-9330 via WhatsApp (text messages only).

It can store up to 60 litres of food.

Recycling staff will conduct ozone disinfection while collecting food from the Machine. In order to ensure the hygiene of the Machine is well-maintained, Food Angel will also conduct regular cleanings, and offer additional measures according to actual operational needs.

Should there be any enquiries on the "Share Food Share Love" program, please contact the program hotline at 9247-9330 via WhatsApp (text message only), or seek immediate assistance from our store staff.

If customers choose to accumulate their rewarded MoneyBack points into their accounts, they will receive a push notification from MoneyBack app instantly. If they choose to donate the points to Food Angel, they will not receive any notifications from MoneyBack app.