Healthy food becomes a public basic provision
Mensa Mensa positions healthy food as a public basic provision: affordable, low-threshold and connected to social contact, food skills and neighbourhood health.
Opportunity
Mealprep strengthens food skills
Mealprep makes healthy eating more practical by helping participants prepare a weekly menu together; it strengthens food skills and lowers the threshold to healthier home cooking.
3 programme lines for governments
The report offers governments three programme lines to embed value retention
10 opportunity maps for earning with less
Value retention is translated into 10 opportunity maps linking revenue to money, materials and CO₂
A city fund anchors co-financing
A city fund can organise continuity, co-financing and shared learning; the exploratory SCBA uses about €6.5 million in annual benefits.
Food vouchers bridge households into reach
Food vouchers help reach households outside regular food support; the exploratory SCBA calculates a benefit-cost ratio of about 3.6.
€11–16 in social value per municipal euro
The 32 food initiatives generate an estimated €11 to €16 in social value per municipal euro, according to the exploratory SCBA.
30% to 50% of food provision
Fieldwork indicates that many participating families obtain 30% to 50% of their food provision through food initiatives.
Distribution points reach 2,185 people
The 13 distribution points serve about 2,185 people each week, equal to about 1,214 households.
585,600 kg of food distributed
Distribution points distribute about 585,600 kg of rescued food annually, largely through the logistics hub Voedselcirkel.