Food Share – A Sustainable Food Giveaway Platform

Food Share is a web and mobile platform I built to reduce food waste by connecting restaurant owners with users looking for affordable meals. Restaurants can sign up, get approved by the super admin, and list Surprise Bags—mystery meal packs available at a discounted price. Users can browse, reserve, pay, and collect meals at the specified time, helping reduce food waste while enjoying great food at a lower cost.

The goal was to develop a seamless, user-friendly platform that: ✅ Connects restaurants and users in a simple and efficient way. ✅ Allows restaurants to list surplus food as surprise bags. ✅ Enables users to reserve and pay for surprise bags easily. ✅ Ensures a secure restaurant approval system for quality control. ✅ Minimizes food waste while benefiting both businesses and consumers.

The challenge was to build a real-time, scalable platform that supports restaurant onboarding, approval workflows, and live inventory management while keeping the UI intuitive and engaging.

To maintain quality control, I designed a structured restaurant signup and approval process: 🔹 Restaurant owners sign up with business details and verification documents. 🔹 Super Admin reviews and approves restaurant applications. 🔹 Once approved, restaurants can start listing Surprise Bags. 🔹 Dashboard for restaurants to manage orders, listings, and availability.

The core feature of FoodShare is the Surprise Bag system, where restaurants list leftover meals as mystery food packs at discounted prices. ✔️ Restaurants create Surprise Bags with availability time slots. ✔️ Users browse nearby deals using filters and location-based search. ✔️ Real-time inventory management ensures availability updates. ✔️ Push notifications & alerts for new Surprise Bags.

To ensure a smooth user experience, I implemented: 📌 One-click reservation for available Surprise Bags. 📌 Secure payment processing with Stripe & Razorpay integration. 📌 Order confirmation & pickup time notifications. 📌 QR code verification for easy collection at restaurants.

To ensure high performance, scalability, and cross-platform compatibility, I used:

🚀 Frontend (Web): Next.js & Tailwind CSS for fast, responsive UI. 📱 Mobile App: Flutter for cross-platform Android & iOS support. 📡 Backend: Node.js & Express for API handling and business logic. 🛢 Database: MongoDB for managing users, restaurants, orders, and payments. 🔗 Authentication: Secure login with OAuth & Firebase Auth. 💸 Payments: Stripe & Razorpay for secure transactions. 📍 Location Services: Google Maps API for finding nearby restaurants. 🔔 Notifications: Push notifications & real-time updates using Firebase.

To make Food Share efficient and enjoyable, I focused on: 🔹 Server-Side Rendering (SSR) & Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) for fast page loads. 🔹 Real-time order & inventory management for smooth restaurant-user interactions. 🔹 Optimized API calls & caching for improved speed. 🔹 Flutter animations & transitions for a delightful mobile experience.

FoodShare is designed to make surplus food accessible while helping restaurants minimize waste. If you're looking for an innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective food-sharing solution, let’s connect and bring this mission to more people! 🚀