Foodsave – team assignment
Environment
| Project | Foodsave – team assignment |
| Participant(s) | Min. 4 / Max. 12 |
| Project language | German, English |
Assignment options
| City | Tischlein deck dich Rudolf - Diesel - Strasse 25 8404 Winterthur Grüze |
| Date | Possible from 20.05.2025. |
| Duration of assignment | Lasts one day |
| Time | 08:00 – 12:00 |
| City | Tischlein deck dich Rudolf - Diesel - Strasse 25 8404 Winterthur Grüze |
| Date | Possible from 20.05.2025. |
| Duration of assignment | Lasts one day |
| Time | 13:00 – 16:00 |
Urgently needed: volunteers for the largest Foodsave project in Switzerland! At the Tischlein deck dich logistics warehouse in Winterthur, around 10 tons of fruits and vegetables are sorted daily. These food items are distributed to people in need. The organization cannot manage these quantities alone – Tischlein deck dich needs your support!
By participating with your team, you actively help save food from being wasted and distribute it to people in need. At the same time, you make a valuable contribution to sustainability and the respectful handling of food.
Duration:
Possible deployment from Monday to Friday, by individual arrangement and availability.
Location:
- Logistics warehouse in 8404 Winterthur Grüze.
- We recommend traveling by public transport, from the Winterthur train station with:
– Bus 7 direction Elsau Melcher to station Winterthur, Grüze-Märkte
- No Visitor parking available. However, it is possible to park in the customer parking spaces of the Coop supermarket Winterthur Grüzemarkt.
How it will work:
- Arrival at the logistics warehouse, Rudolf - Diesel - Strasse 25, 8404 Winterthur Grüze.
- Welcome and introduction by the logistics manager.
- Triage of foodstuffs.
- End of assignment and farewell by the logistics manager.
Introduction:
The introduction will take place on site.
Support:
A team leader will coordinate everything on site and is always available to answer questions.
Tasks:
- The fruit and vegetables are delivered by conveyor and placed in the repacking area.
- You look to see which food is still edible and which needs to be discarded.
- This involves removing the outer leaves from lettuce, trimming leeks, cutting carrots, etc. You will rely on your own senses to decide whether the items still need to be given away or discarded.
What you’ll need:
- Physically able to stand.
Note:
- Wear sturdy, comfortable shoes.
- Bring a jacket to throw on.
- Participants are responsible for their own drink and meals.
- For the team, deployment is possible in the morning or afternoon; a full day's deployment is too exhausting.
- Additionally, order picking occasionally requires lifting weights (approximately 3-10 kg), which a healthy adult can easily manage.
- With a deployment in the morning or afternoon, you can organize a joint lunch with your team either before or after your deployment.
In Switzerland, 2.8 million tonnes of perfectly good food are destroyed every year. At the same time, according to the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), around 722,000 people live here at or below the poverty line.
Tischlein deck dich saves food from destruction and distributes it to people affected by poverty throughout Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. Every week, we reach over 21,000 people in need at our 150 distribution points. Tischlein deck dich thus makes a socially meaningful and ecologically sustainable contribution to a respectful approach to food.
The Tischlein deck dich association is a business initiative. Supported by reason, professionalism, and commitment. Tischlein deck dich is ISO 9001 certified.