Unibite

Inspiration

Members of the team were discussing how cs students will create apps to notifiy them current events giving away free food instead of doing their coursework, and that was the starting point for finding our impact solution: food waste. We started realizing that tonnes of perfectly good food was just getting tossed out every single day because there was no real way to connect it with the people who actually needed it.

What it does

The flow is simple: restaurant posts → student claims → QR code is scanned at pickup → food rescued. Everyone wins: restaurants reduce waste, students get free meals, and less food ends up in landfills.

How we built it

Fronted: React + javascript Backend: Spring boot + REST API + SQLite

Challenges we ran into

Overall testing REST API with postmen and debugging frontend issues as well as the functionality of QR code

Accomplishments that we're proud of

finishing a product on time and teamwork

What we learned

HACKATHONS ARE NOT LIGHT WORK

What's next for Unibite

The next step is scaling across universities and restaurants nationwide, FoodBridge generates the real-world data and community proof that Canada's government needs to strengthen its food policy framework.