British Garden Centres, the UK’s largest family-owned garden centre group, and the surplus food app pioneer, Too Good To Go, are delighted to mark a significant milestone in their partnership. Together, they have successfully rescued more than 10,000 meals from going to waste since introducing the initiative earlier this year.
In a world where 40% of all food ends up as waste, and the current cost-of-living crisis tightens purse strings, the Too Good To Go app provides a practical solution for British Garden Centres to extend support to their communities effectively.
The year 2023 marked the beginning of the collaboration with Too Good to Go, spanning across 26 carvery sites at Tarporley, Osterley, Chapel, Thatcham, Bressingham, Arcadia, Carr Gate, Roxton, Ramsgate, Hornsea, Horncastle, Wolseley Bridge, Shipley, East Durham, Tring, Woodthorpe, Albrighton, Irton, Leyland, Louth, Braintree, Bolton, Gilberdyke, Crawley, Brigg, and Mirfield. These centers have distributed Surprise Bags filled with food to local customers, collectively preventing over 25,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions. To put this in perspective, it’s the same as powering more than 4 million smartphone charges or offsetting 114 flight tickets from London to Berlin.
Too Good To Go is a social impact company that collaborates with businesses to combat food waste by allowing customers to purchase surplus food from restaurants, convenience retailers, and producers at an affordable price. Users simply download the free Too Good To Go app, locate nearby establishments offering unsold food, and then purchase a Surprise Bag filled with high-quality food at a fraction of its original retail cost, all to be collected at an assigned time.
Ricky Towers, Group Restaurant Director at British Garden Centres, expressed his satisfaction, stating: “British Garden Centres and Too Good To Go have successfully reached the impressive milestone of 10,000 meals, showcasing their fruitful partnership. Our team takes great pride in the accomplishments and the food that we have saved from going to waste at our carvery sites in recent months. This significant achievement serves as a testament to our shared dedication towards combating food waste and its environmental implications. By demonstrating how small actions can yield significant transformations, we are looking forward to continuing our collaboration and achieving bigger milestones, all in the pursuit of a sustainable future”
Sophie Trueman, UK & Ireland Managing Director at Too Good To Go, added, “British Garden Centres and Too Good To Go have successfully reached the impressive milestone of 10,000 meals, showcasing their fruitful partnership. Our team takes great pride in the accomplishments and the food that we have saved from going to waste at our carvery sites in recent months. This significant achievement serves as a testament to our shared dedication towards combating food waste and its environmental implications. By demonstrating how small actions can yield significant transformations, we are looking forward to continuing our collaboration and achieving bigger milestones, all in the pursuit of a sustainable future”
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For further details on this partnership and how to get involved, please visit www.britishgardencentres.com or www.toogoodtogo.co.uk.
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About British Garden Centres:
British Garden Centres is the UK’s largest family-owned garden centre group, committed to offering a wide range of gardening and lifestyle products. With their dedication to sustainability and community support, they have formed a partnership with Too Good To Go to combat food waste and environmental impact.
About Too Good To Go:
Too Good To Go is a pioneering surplus food app that collaborates with businesses to prevent food waste. Users can conveniently purchase surplus food from various establishments, significantly reducing food waste and its environmental impact. This initiative also offers cost-effective solutions for consumers during a challenging cost-of-living crisis.