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Join our Make the Most of Your Food challenge
Starting October 18, join a fun, practical challenge to master date labels, gain food-saving skills, and cut down on waste at home. Complete the challenge for your chance to win $500 towards your groceries!
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Challenge highlights

    • Choose your experience: Get tips in English or French, delivered the way you want.

    • Practical tips: Small, actionable steps to waste less and save more.

    • Discover your habits: Learn how you really use date labels.

    • Fun and engaging: Short videos, useful resources and quizzes.

    • Win prizes: $500 grocery gift cards and Fridge Friend units up for grabs.

    • Make a difference: Help us understand household food-wasting behaviours in Canada.

Challenge schedule

Week 1 Take stock – see what’s hiding in your fridge, freezer, and pantry
Week 2 Decode the dates – learn the truth about “best before dates” and how they can guide you to make the most of your food
Week 3 Revive + refresh – top hacks to give food a second life
Week 4 Cook from scraps – turn “nothing” into something delicious

What’s involved

  • Register and complete a pre-challenge survey to help us learn more about how food is currently being wasted in households.

  • Receive weekly tips for four weeks, starting October 18—via email or text—featuring short, practical videos from Getty Stewart, Professional Home Economist, and Alix Loiselle, Professional Chef.

  • Engage weekly with actionable tips, quizzes, and resources to put into practice at your convenience.

  • Share your journey on our Facebook page, exchanging insights and successes with other food wasting warriors.

  • Complete the post-challenge survey to help us measure how our strategies influenced the generation of household food waste.

  • Be eligible for prizes: Complete the challenge and both surveys to enter a draw for four $500 grocery gift cards. The first 50 participants to complete the challenge in full will also receive a free Fridge Friend (valued at $92).

Challenge starts October 18! Sign up now.

The prizes

Eligible participants who complete the challenge in full (including the pre- and post-challenge survey) will automatically be entered to win one of four $500 gift cards for groceries.

In addition, the first 50 participants to complete the post-challenge survey will also be sent a *free* Fridge Friend ($92 retail value). This unique device is designed to help you keep the food in your fridge fresh for longer, by absorbing ethylene, bacteria, mould, mildew and all the other nasties that make your produce spoil faster. It’s 100% natural, non-toxic and safe.

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The small print

The challenge is intended for adults who are 19 years or older and currently living in Canada to participate. 

Privacy

The Make the Most of Your Food Challenge and Love Food Hate Waste Canada are initiatives led by FoodMesh. The personal information that you provide to this site is collected under section 26(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This collection is necessary for the purposes of administering the 2025 Make the Most of Your Food Challenge. By clicking on the checkbox and the submit button in the challenge registration form, you agree to participate in the program including the survey.  For further information about this collection, please contact the FoodMesh team at lovefoodhatewaste@foodmesh.ca or 1-844-888-6374