Almost 361,000 pounds of rescued food. Nearly 301,000 meals. Since April 2025, Relay carriers have run loads that support Loaves & Fishes, a food rescue organization delivering surplus food to families across Chicago.
Together with Amazon Local Good, Relay carriers make the Loaves & Fishes recovery program possible. The loads booked on Relay help keep surplus food out of landfills and on dinner tables, whether through food markets, senior housing, and more. This is what the supply chain quietly makes possible when Amazon puts its transportation network to use beyond the boxes on a customer’s doorstep.
How Amazon Local Good helps connect communities to essentials
The food rescue hauls are part of a bigger picture. Amazon Local Good helps bridge the gap for local, smaller food banks and charitable organizations that don’t always have reliable transportation. That way, donations don’t have to sit in one place while families go without in another. By providing dependable transportation to and from local providers at no cost, Amazon Local Good makes sure the right resources reach people facing food insecurity.
Amazon Local Good chooses nonprofits that serve their communities openly and equitably, don’t charge for the essential items they distribute, and have a consistent need for reliable transportation. When those organizations need freight moved, Relay carriers handle the hauls so the nonprofits can stay focused on the people they serve.
What Amazon Relay’s load board makes possible
- Spot loads give carriers the flexibility to haul on their own terms. The food rescue hauls start as one-off loads booked through Amazon Relay’s load board. Carriers find loads that fit their schedule, haul the freight, and keep their businesses running. That’s the thing about spot loads—they’re flexible to search and book by design. No broker. No back-and-forth. And that flexibility is exactly what makes food rescue viable.
- Every load shows the estimated payout upfront. Base rate, fuel surcharge, and tolls are all included before a carrier commits. That kind of rate transparency makes it easier for carriers to plan, and easier to say yes to the right opportunities.
- Carriers can let the right loads come to them. Saved searches, recommended loads based on past routes, and Post A Truck (where carriers post their availability and get matched automatically) all make it easier to find the right opportunities without starting from scratch every time.
Ready to deliver what matters?
Community organizations like Loaves & Fishes depend on reliable carriers to move freight, and food rescue depends on a functioning carrier network like Amazon Relay. When carriers search, book, and haul Relay loads, the impact on the other end can be bigger than they’d expect. It’s just a matter of finding the loads that fit your schedule.
Start your Relay application on desktop or our app on iOS or Android to join Amazon’s freight network. But first, check out Relay’s carrier requirements to make sure hauling for Amazon is the right fit for your business.
Disclaimer: Amazon does not tender loads through any third-party load boards. Any Amazon loads posted on third-party load boards will only be tendered directly to approved and onboarded carriers via the Relay web portal or Relay mobile app. If you are interested in hauling loads for Amazon, sign up and book directly on relay.amazon.com. For more about our efforts against fraud and cargo theft, see our trustworthy transportation page.
