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Introduction Our people Our planet Our customers
Our continued partnership
with FareShare
One of the main ways we divert surplus food from
landfill is through partnering with FareShare, the UK's
national network of charitable food redistributors,
made up of 18 independent organisations. In the
last financial year we donated 76.37 tonnes of
food to 1,731 charities, equating to 181,837 meals.
This food goes to services supporting people
that are homeless or elderly, community groups
and organisations serving children, families and
people with mental health conditions as shown
in the graph to the right. You can read more
about the charity and our partnership here.
By redirecting surplus food to FareShare,
we're reducing our food waste. This 76.37
tonnes of food means a saving of 122.2 tonnes
of C02e. We're committed to reducing our
food waste by 63% between 2020 and 2030
- find out more in our planet section.
Fighting hunger and
tackling food waste video
New partnership with Bradford and
FareShare for food redistribution
In November 2021, we arranged for FareShare to
start making daily collections of short dated produce
from our Bradford site.
Our Hoddesdon and Harlow sites have also created
a new partnership with the southern network
partner of FareShare, The Felix Project. Since the
partnership started and the first donations were
made in May this year, over 58 tonnes of food have
been collected equating to over 138 thousand
meals. The Felix Project not only redistributes food,
they also have a kitchen managed by professional
chefs and volunteers who create tasty meals which
are stored in chilled portions. These can then be
distributed to food banks and easily heated up
in the microwave by the food bank or the person
receiving the meal. Watch a video about the launch
of the Felix Project here.
Other ways of putting
good food to use
Many of our depots have partnered with animal
sanctuaries, local zoos and farms to offer surplus
food. For example, Bicester donated over 7.7 tonnes
of food to Curly Tails Pig Sanctuary which rescues
unwanted pigs, with cakes and buns being the
pigs' favourites.
We also maintain beehives at a number of our
depots, which help to reduce the amount of sugar
wasted as this is fed to the bees. Those depots
which don't use all of this sugar donate it to local
beekeepers associations to help provide food and
energy to their bees.
Type of community group
No. of
groups helped
Miscellaneous 569
People on low or no income 437
Children (Under 18) 219
Homeless people & rough sleepers 126
Older people 76
Families with children 50
The local community 40
Asylum seekers & refugees 37
People with drug or alcohol addiction 25
People with physical disabilities 24
Ex-offenders 23
People with mental health problems 18
Young people in care / care leavers 18
Long term unemployed 14
Black, Asian & Minority ethnicities 14
NEET (Young People Not in Education,
Employment or Training)
11
Young people (18 - 25) 7
Ex service personnel 6
People with learning disabilities 5
People affected by domestic violence 5
Lone parents 3
Carers 2
People with terminal illnesses 7
Grand Total 1,731