Morristown Hosts Statewide Gathering To Combat Hunger, Food Waste

Morristown served as the backdrop for the Meal Recovery Coalition’s annual gathering, where business leaders, nonprofits, and state officials celebrated a milestone: more than 1 million prepared meals recovered and redistributed to people facing food insecurity across New Jersey. The event, hosted at Sanofi US, spotlighted how surplus meals from commercial kitchens and cafeterias can skip the landfill and go straight to people who need them, including those without kitchens or reliable access to cooking facilities. The coalition, now in its third year, includes heavyweights like Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb, and is pushing to expand partnerships and set statewide food safety standards for meal recovery.