Thanks to its ongoing partnership with FareShare and Olio, Booker has donated the equivalent of more than 20 million meals to charities and local communities .
Donations are delivered or collected direct from Booker’s 190 branches, 11 distribution depots and Best Food Logistics business.
In 2024 alone, Booker donated more than seven million meals to FareShare charities in local communities.
More than 5,000 charities and community groups have benefited from donations throughout the partnership.
Booker works with the charities and Olio across the UK through the FareshareGo programme – with Booker sites matched with local charities and community groups who collect products and turn them into food parcels or hot meals for people in need.
Donations include fresh produce, meat and packaged goods.
The success of the partnership has resulted in Booker and Best Food Logistics being named as one of FareShare’s 2025 Leading Food Partners for a fourth consecutive year.
Katie Sadler, Head of FareShare Go, said: “We’re really grateful to Booker for redistributing an incredible 20 million meals’ worth of surplus food through FareShare Go – providing meals to bring people together over food and strengthening communities across the UK.”
Saasha Celestial-One, Co-Founder and COO of Olio said: “20 million meals is a staggering achievement, and we’re very proud that Olio and FareShare’s partnership with Booker has delivered such amazing results.
“We’d like to say a big thank you to all Booker colleagues and Olio and FareShare volunteers for helping us provide this much needed support to communities up and down the UK.”
