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Contribution: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program

Flashfood Inc

$10,000.00

Youth Green-Build out and maintain test suite across the 4 core components of our platform: iOS app, Android app, Web app, and API, and provide customer support solutions for our partners and shoppers.(2)

FY 2018-19 · 2018-12-17

Summary
1/3rd of the world's food ends up in a landfill. That's 1.3 billion tonnes of food wasted every year. We're empowering our shoppers to change that! The Flashfood app allows grocery stores to sell high-quality, surplus food at steep discounts to savvy shoppers who can browse deals in their area and purchase items directly through Flashfood - saving money for shoppers, increasing revenue for partners and lessening our collective environmental impact.
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
Recipient
Location
Toronto|Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
For-profit organization
Business Number
832341382
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

As published

Agreement End Date
2019-03-22
Agreement Number
918329
Agreement Start Date
2018-12-17
Agreement Title
Youth Green-Build out and maintain test suite across the 4 core components of our platform: iOS app, Android app, Web app, and API, and provide customer support solutions for our partners and shoppers.(2)
Agreement Title (French)
PEJ-vert - Développer et maintenir une suite de tests sur les 4 composants clés de notre plate-forme : les applications iOS, Android, Web, et l’interface de programmation d’applications (API), et fournir des solutions de support client pour nos partenaires et acheteurs (2).
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$10,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Coverage
Green projects stimulate wealth creation for Canada through technological innovation. | Les projets du Programme Emploi-jeunesse - vert du PARI stimulent la création de richesse au Canada grâce à l’innovation technologique.
Description
1/3rd of the world's food ends up in a landfill. That's 1.3 billion tonnes of food wasted every year. We're empowering our shoppers to change that! The Flashfood app allows grocery stores to sell high-quality, surplus food at steep discounts to savvy shoppers who can browse deals in their area and purchase items directly through Flashfood - saving money for shoppers, increasing revenue for partners and lessening our collective environmental impact.
Description (French)
1/3 de la nourriture du monde finit dans un site d'enfouissement. Cela représente 1,3 milliard de tonnes de nourriture gaspillées chaque année. Nous donnons à nos acheteurs les moyens de changer cela ! L'application Flashfood permet aux épiceries de vendre des aliments excédentaires de haute qualité à des prix très avantageux à des acheteurs avertis, qui peuvent parcourir les offres dans leur région et acheter des articles directement par le biais de Flashfood - ce qui permet aux acheteurs d'économiser de l'argent, d'augmenter les revenus des partenaires et de réduire notre impact environnemental collectif.
Expected Results
The purpose of IRAP’s Youth Employment Program - Green is to assist in increasing the supply of highly qualified people, promoting the benefits of advanced studies, demonstrating federal leadership by investing in the skills required to meet the needs of the green economy and facilitating the transition of highly skilled young people to a rapidly changing labour market.
Expected Results (French)
Le Programme Emploi-jeunesse - vert du PARI contribue à accroître le bassin de personnes hautement qualifiées, fait la promotion des études supérieures, démontre le leadership fédéral grâce aux investissements effectués dans l’acquisition des compétences requises pour répondre aux besoins de l’économie verte et facilite la transition des jeunes hautement qualifiés vers un marché du travail en évolution rapide.
Federal Riding
Spadina--Fort York
Federal Riding (French)
Spadina--Fort York
Federal Riding Number
35101
NAICS Code
41819
Organization Code
nrc-cnrc
Organization
National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada
Program Name
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
Program Name (French)
Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle – Programme emploi jeunesse - Vert
Program Purpose
The purpose of IRAP’s Youth Employment Program - Green is to assist in increasing the supply of highly qualified people, promoting the benefits of advanced studies, demonstrating federal leadership by investing in the skills required to meet the needs of the green economy and facilitating the transition of highly skilled young people to a rapidly changing labour market.
Program Purpose (French)
Le Programme Emploi-jeunesse - vert du PARI contribue à accroître le bassin de personnes hautement qualifiées, fait la promotion des études supérieures, démontre le leadership fédéral grâce aux investissements effectués dans l’acquisition des compétences requises pour répondre aux besoins de l’économie verte et facilite la transition des jeunes hautement qualifiés vers un marché du travail en évolution rapide.
Recipient Business Number
832341382
Recipient City
Toronto|Toronto
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Flashfood Inc
Recipient Postal Code
M6K 3G3
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
F
Reference Number
172-2018-2019-Q4-918329