Surplus is a user experience project that embraces the digital sharing economy. It is a peer-to-peer food sharing platform that connects people to strangers in their communities, bringing them together to form new connections through the act of sharing food. The project is informed by user research surveys and testing, and intends to challenge and change the preconceptions about sharing food with people outside of your immediate network. It allows users to learn about new cultures and cuisines and to make new connections, whilst generating new forms of peer-to-peer economic activity.