In fast-food restaurants everywhere, entire shelves of bread and other food are thrown away each day.  

I realized that I could take action by reusing food in my family’s subway restaurants. I wanted to give it back to people who needed it most, but learned it was illegal to share discarded food. That is when I turned to my dog Charlie. I determined that if I could not give the food to people, I could incorporate it in dog treats.   I reached out to all of my family’s restaurants, telling them to save any leftover food at the end of the day.  I created a recipe mainly incorporating bread. Before I broadened my scope, I reached out to family and friends, and asked them for feedback on how to improve the recipe. Then, I began going to farmers markets and pet stores in the area. All the money earned goes towards animal shelters and charities.