Circular Tech Map
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ResQ Club operates a location-based mobile and web marketplace that connects restaurants, cafés, grocery stores and retailers with consumers to sell surplus food, flowers and other unsold goods at discounted prices, reducing waste and generating additional revenue for businesses.

Circularity Relevance

Core
Service is explicitly designed to reduce waste by redistributing surplus goods and promotes 'rescuing' items - direct circular economy functionality [Source: ResQ Club, Our mission].

Circular Role

DirectEnabler
ResQ Club directly hosts the marketplace and consumer/partner apps, facilitating transactions and pickups between sellers (businesses) and buyers (consumers) [Source: ResQ Club homepage, Sell page].

Circular Type

Marketplace
• Products
• B2C
Location-based marketplace for physical surplus goods where businesses sell to consumers via the ResQ app; matchmaking is Business-to-Consumer [Source: ResQ Club homepage, Partner app pages].

R Strategy

R3 - Reuse, R2 - Reduce
Primary: enables reuse of products by reselling unsold goods (R3). Secondary: reduces waste and material loss by diverting items from disposal (R2). Evidence from site mission and service description [Source: ResQ Club, Our mission].

Circular Business Model

Resale / Second-hand
Primary function is a marketplace enabling businesses to sell surplus goods to consumers at a discount (resale/second‑hand model) [Source: ResQ Club Sell & Rescue pages].

Organisational Type

ForProfit
Commercial model described on site (25% commission on sales) and company profiles (Crunchbase) indicate a for‑profit company [Source: ResQ Club Sell page; Crunchbase].

Sector

Agriculture & Food, Retail & Consumer Goods
Website repeatedly describes preventing food waste and connecting restaurants, cafés and grocery stores with consumers; also lists flowers and other retail goods [Source: ResQ Club, Our mission].

Geographical Reach

International
• Finland
Website includes country selector and content for Finland, Estonia, Germany and Sweden indicating active operations across multiple countries (not global) [Source: ResQ Club homepage].

Hardware Component

None
Service is delivered via mobile and web apps; no specialised hardware is supplied or required by ResQ Club to operate the platform.

Tech Map Relevance

ResQ Club operates a location-based marketplace that directly enables redistribution of surplus food and other unsold goods via consumer and partner apps (see mission and sell pages). This matches Circular Tech Map inclusion criteria.

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Added: 07 Jun 2024
Updated: 21 Sept 2025