Thousands of ‘Food Waste Hero’ volunteers have stopped more than 30 million meals from going to waste, thanks to the partnership between Tesco and free sharing app Olio.
Olio’s network of 80,000 volunteers collect surplus food still fit for consumption from Tesco stores in their local community. They then take it back to their homes and immediately list items on the Olio app, ready to be re-distributed for free, to those living nearby. Local people can then request items via Olio’s app, and pick them up from an agreed collection point.
In August 2020, Tesco became the first supermarket to partner with Olio, making sure its unsold surplus food reaches people across local communities, rather than going to waste. In the first year alone, Olio and Tesco saved 5.8 million meals from being wasted. The partnership has continued to go from strength to strength, with hundreds of thousands of people benefitting from the 30 million meals worth of Tesco meals that’s been shared so far.
