Booker has redistributed enough food to provide the equivalent of five million meals through its partnership with food sharing app OLIO and charity FareShare.
FareShare and OLIO are working together on the 200 Million Meals initiative with the aim of getting food businesses to redistribute good to eat surplus food instead of letting it go to waste.
Booker currently redistributes food via its branches across the UK directly to FareShare’s network of charities and OLIO’s Food Waste Heroes.
Through the FareShare Go programme, Booker sites are matched with charities and community groups in the local area that collect the items and turn that into food parcels or hot meals for the people they support.
OLIO’s Food Waste Heroes collect food directly from Booker, which will then be added to its app for people in the local area to collect.
Catherine Marston, Head of Sustainability at Booker, said: “Eliminating food waste is something that is very close to our hearts here at Booker. I am really proud of this achievement and would like to thank each of our colleagues, as well as our partners at Fareshare and OLIO, who have all made this happen.
“We are constantly looking at ways to ensure no edible food goes to waste whether that is through being more efficient or collaborating with our supply partners and we are really pleased that we have been able to play our part in local communities across the UK.”
