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Introduction Our people Our customers
Food waste reduction
We've been active on our food waste reduction
commitment in several ways:
Reducing our own waste - We provide annual data to
WRAP as part of our commitment to Target, Measure
and Act on Food Waste. We've worked hard on both
reduction of waste as well as improving data quality;
in 2020 we felt confident enough in our data to set
this as our baseline year (N.B. food waste is reported
to WRAP in calendar years, not financial years) and our
year-on-year progress is shown in the table below.
Increasing food waste redistribution - We continue
our long-running partnership with FareShare and
a range of other food redistribution charities. We
review our performance with FareShare on a quarterly
basis, looking at which depots are donating food
and identifying opportunities for greater food
redistribution. This past year, we worked with
FareShare to overcome obstacles that had previously
prevented donations from Hoddesden depot
(belonging to our sister company, Oliver Kay, part of
Bidfresh, dedicated to fresh fruit and vegetables).
We're delighted that Hoddesden were able to start
regular donations to the Felix Project Kitchen in East
London, FareShare's network partner in London. For
more information on food redistribution, please see
the Communities section of the report
Campaigning - Food Waste Action Week 2022
ran from 7th - 13th March and we were pleased
to help amplify the messages of this campaign,
which emphasised the role of food waste in driving
climate change. We created our own food waste
guide, to help motivate employees to act on their
own household food waste, by tapping into not only
environmental messages but also the motivation
to save money amidst rising food prices. We also
promoted a blog for customers, sharing this on social
media and on our website.
Influencing our customers to reduce their waste
- Our very own Sustainability Projects Manager,
Shelley Morris, completed WRAP's Guardians of Grub
'Becoming a Champion' training earlier in 2022. This
course involved learning how to measure and report
food waste, take actions to reduce wasted food and
explore ways in which leftover and surplus food can
be reused or redistributed to keep it from the bin.
Although not directly involved with food, Shelley
is now using this knowledge to be an ambassador
for reducing food waste, working with customers,
suppliers and colleagues within Bidfood to promote
WRAP's Cost Saving Skills course and the Becoming
a Champion course. These courses explain both how
to implement changes in the kitchen that reduce
food waste and cut costs at the same time.
Baseline Year
Calendar year 2020 2021
Food sales (£M) 1065 2301
Tonnes of food sold as intended 489,599 571,344
Food waste (tonnes) 2,005 1,854
Food waste (t) per £M food sales 1.88 1.43
Food waste as % of food sold 0.41% 0.32%
YOY reduction in food waste N/A- baseline 21%
Our planet
21%
YOY reduction
in food waste