Tag: Andrew Glantz

Betty Rae's Ice Cream, River Market, May 2019

GiftAMeal posts food selfie milestone: 1 million meals donated through Missouri-made app

By Tommy Felts / July 21, 2022

Foodie photos shared to social media through a Missouri tech startup’s app have provided more than 1 million meals — representing more than 1.2 million pounds of healthy groceries for families in need — thanks to GiftAMeal’s network of restaurant and food bank partnerships, the company said. St. Louis-based GiftAMeal this week announced the milestone donation…

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Andrew Glantz, GiftAMeal

$500K investment round feeds GiftAMeal’s hunger for expansion deeper into KC market

By Tommy Felts / June 24, 2021

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro. This series is possible thanks to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which leads a collaborative, nationwide effort to identify and remove large and small barriers to new business creation. A…

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GiftAMeal, Lion's Choice partnership

Meal donation app comes to KC: How the phone-eats-first foodie photo trend can help fight hunger

By Tommy Felts / March 26, 2021

People are already taking photos of their food — why not donate to food banks at the same time, Andrew Glantz proposed.  “GiftAMeal is a free mobile app; each time someone takes a photo of their order from one of our partner restaurants, we make a donation to a local food bank to help give…

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