Best practices in Europe for developing food recovery in non-profit organisations

The chapter presents good practices in food surplus recovery and redistribution as they emerge from our analysis of 30 case studies of non-profit organizations across Italy, Germany, France, and Spain. The cases are discussed according to dimensions and indicators introduced in Chap. 6. The first part presents organisations standing out for their relational and structural capital capacity, focusing on their relationships with donors and beneficiaries and on their innovative processes. Then, a crosscase approach is adopted to illustrate two peculiar models of organisation: social markets and local networks for food recovery. The presentation of good practices unveils the differences among countries and actors in the collection, management, and distribution models, as well as it allows capturing the impact of such differences on food surplus recovery.