To improve access for the most disadvantaged to varied, quality food, Le Chainon Manquant offers an anti-gasping, solidarity-based scheme adapted to fresh, fragile produce. Every day, Le Chainon Manquant volunteers collect surplus quality foodstuffs (fruit, vegetables, proteins, most often already cooked) from professionals - notably from the events industry, and collective catering - then immediately redistribute them to nearby solidarity associations (solidarity distributions, solidarity restaurants, shelters, social grocery stores ...), according to their needs, to help people in precarious situations. In 2024, 178 tonnes of foodstuffs were saved from destruction by nearly 400 dynamic and committed volunteers. This represented the equivalent of over 355,000 quality meals distributed to nearly 80 solidarity associations and the thousands of people in precarious situations whom they support.