Buehler’s Fresh Foods fights food waste with app
A regional Ohio grocer is partnering with a mobile app to help ensure surplus food items wind up in customer shopping carts rather than landfills.
Buehler’s Fresh Foods is deploying the the Flashfood app to all of its 14 stores in Northeast Ohio. Through the Flashfood app, shoppers can find fresh produce, meat, dairy, bakery items, prepared foods, and other food products at significant discounts, with the goals of helping customers save on groceries while keeping edible food out of landfills.
In partnership with Flashfood, Buehler’s will offer surplus food from its stores at a discount through the Flashfood app. In 2026 alone, Flashfood says shoppers in the Northeast Ohio region have saved $2.4 million on their groceries and diverted more than 1 million pounds of food from landfill.s
“At Buehler’s Fresh Foods we are committed to our communities, providing top quality foods and simply doing what’s right,” said Daniel Shanahan, Buehler’s manager of financial planning and analysis. “Our mission is putting people first, our employees, our customers, and our neighbors. Partnering with Flashfood is a great way to help reduce food waste and increase access to quality food at an affordable price.”
Flashfood is available in more than 2,000 grocery stores across the U.S. In April, The Kroger Co. made the app available at all 100-plus Kroger stores in its Mid-Atlantic division following an initial launch in 16 Richmond-area Kroger stores in summer 2025.
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Other retailers operating in the grocery space that have piloted and deployed Flashfood in the past few years include Earth Fare, Save Mart, Giant Food, Meijer, Hy-Vee and SpartanNash.
“Buehler’s has been a trusted part of Northeast Ohio communities for generations, and their commitment to fresh, quality food makes them a great fit for Flashfood,” said Jordan Schenck, CEO of Flashfood. “We’re already seeing shoppers save thousands of dollars and keep thousands of pounds of good food from going to waste. We’re excited to bring Flashfood to more Buehler’s shoppers and give families another way to make their grocery dollars go further.”
Headquartered in Wooster, Ohio, Buehler’s Fresh Foods was founded in 1929 by E.L. Buehler and his wife, Helen and in 2017 became an employee-owned company through an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). Buehler’s operates 14 supermarkets across Northeast Ohio.
