We joined forces with government and
competitor Brakes to deliver over five million
vital food packs to clinically vulnerable people
shielding, in the biggest food redistribution
scheme since World War II. Our CEO also
asked employees' children to draw pictures to
include in care packs, boosting the morale of
recipients.
From the first call with DEFRA, we were
delivering food packs to clinically vulnerable
people within nine days. Over its course,
Bidfood teams made more than 2.7 million
deliveries of vital food supplies to over 377,000
households. At its peak, we delivered 232,000
boxes per week. Together with Brakes, the
scheme saw five million delivered across
England, Scotland and Wales. Whilst we're not
able to divulge the financial details of this
contract, it was essential in keeping our wheels
turning, enabling us to continue serving other
customers fighting Covid-19 on the front line.
Hundreds of drawings were sent in by the
children of Bidfood employees making an
enormous difference and bringing joy to
recipients. We therefore decided to print many,
sending out over 700,000. These drew an
incredible response with moving letters and
messages of thanks received by drivers,
telesales and on social media- reducing our staff
to tears in some cases.
Find out more about how
our employees fundraised
for Toilet Twinning
Supporting
hospitals
Find out how we
supported hospitals
and NHS workers
during Covid-19
National Toilet Day 2019 kick-started our
campaign to raise money to help improve
sanitation across the world, via Toilet Twinning.
Every £60 that is donated to the Toilet Twinning
scheme helps fund a project in a poor community
that will enable families to build a basic toilet,
have access to clean water and learn about
hygiene - a vital combination that saves lives,
more important than ever during the coronavirus
pandemic.
Currently two billion people don't have
somewhere safe and hygienic to go to the toilet
and the lack of a loo makes women and girls a
target for sexual attack as they relieve themselves
in the open, late at night (WHO/UNICEF). This
project also supports Sustainable Development
Goal 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation for All, which
we have committed to support.
Our sustainability coordinators began spreading
awareness across our sites of all the problems
created by the lack of toilets and correct
sanitation to our fellow employees, who quickly
went 'potty' for the campaign.
So far, our employees' fundraising has resulted in
29 toilets being twinned across ten of our sites.
Employees go
potty for Toilet
Twinning and
better sanitation
Shield packs