Food Security Services

Nourishing Communities with Compassion

Food security programs, from food banks to community kitchens and meal delivery services face unique pressures daily, such as surging demand, limited resources, complex needs like dietary restrictions, coordination with multiple service providers, and reporting requirements to funders and stakeholders. Many food banks now offer wraparound services (housing referrals, health clinics, etc.) to address the root causes of hunger, but this brings additional challenges leaving less time for the work that truly matters.

Mareto simplifies these critical tasks, enabling your team to shift focus from paperwork to meaningful, equitable service delivery so you can spend more time supporting clients and less time on admin work.

Why Food Security Services use Mareto

Streamlined Intake & Service Delivery
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Mareto provides an all-in-one platform to manage food program intake and distribution with maximum efficiency. Intuitive forms and workflows eliminate tedious paperwork, capturing only the information your program needs from each individual. Whether you’re coordinating a busy food pantry pickup, running a community meal, or scheduling a home delivery route, every visit is logged quickly and accurately.

Comprehensive Information Gathering
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Captures the details that matter such as household size, contact info, dietary restrictions or allergies, cultural food preferences, and full visit history. Instantly see what each person needs and provide the appropriate food with respect and care while supporting each individual’s specific health and dietary needs. Spot patterns and avoid duplicate entries. With a 360° view of each person, your team ensures no one is forgotten and everyone is served with dignity.

Seamless Referrals & Wraparound Support
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All your food security programs, including food bank, pantry, soup kitchen, mobile outreach, can operate on one platform, allowing a unified view of each individual served. This means if a client visits multiple programs, staff at any site have the up-to-date info they need. Mareto also enables safe information sharing with community partners you work with.

It breaks down walls between agencies, promoting seamless teamwork while maintaining strict privacy controls. For example, a shelter could update a shared note that helps inform your food program, creating a more coordinated support network. By connecting programs and agencies, you can build a stronger, community-wide safety net to tackle hunger together.

Data-Driven Reporting & Impact
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Generate reports in minutes showing how many meals were served, how many families received assistance, demographic breakdowns, and more. With complete and accurate data at your fingertips, you can clearly demonstrate your community impact to funders, boards, and the public while making informed decisions such as identifying a spike in seniors needing home deliveries and adjusting services proactively. Mareto turns data into a story of how your mission is making a difference.

Ensure Privacy, Compliance & Data Security
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All data is encrypted and stored securely on Canadian servers. Role-based access controls ensure that staff only see the information they need, protecting client confidentiality at every step. Mareto also maintains detailed audit trails and supports compliance needs, such as consent management and record-keeping policies.

The Benefits for Your Organization.

For Food Bank Coordinators: Get a real-time overview of service volumes, inventory needs, and volunteer activities across locations, making the day-to-day far more manageable. Scheduling and resource management are streamlined, and generate reports in a few clicks.
For Intake Staff: Register new clients or check in returning visitors in a matter of seconds and immediately know their history and any special dietary needs. By simplifying intake, you can reduce wait times and focus on compassionate, human-to-human interaction rather than administrative tasks.
For Program Managers: Gain full visibility into the performance of your food programs. Monitor statistics and trends across all services (pantry visits, meals served, deliveries made) through one dashboard. Customizable reports help you ensure targets are met and services are equitable and generating reports needed for grant applications or board meetings is quick and accurate.
For Delivery Teams: Access up-to-date route lists, client addresses, and any special instructions right on from your mobile device. See each recipient’s dietary notes and mark deliveries as completed in real time. This keeps the whole team informed and ensures no household is missed.
For Leadership: Make informed, strategic decisions backed by solid data with instant insight into how programs are running and the impact being achieved. You can easily pull high-level metrics, such as total individuals served, meals provided, and referral outcomes, to demonstrate your organization’s value to funders, donors, and the board, helping secure resources and guide strategic planning.

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