Tesco’s food rescue heroes reduced the company’s food waste by 73%

1,200 truckloads of food for people in need

According to the latest data, only 0.71% of the food sold by Tesco has ended up as waste, which means that the company has cut food waste by 55% compared to the base year, through measures such as forecasting and ordering procedures and price discounts on products nearing their expiry date. “In just one year we have managed to save more than 65% of edible food waste, which is equivalent to 1,200 truckloads of food or nearly 8.7 million meals. Our colleagues are the engine of Tesco’s food rescue programme”, says Nóra Hevesi, head of communications at Tesco-Global Zrt.

Heroic acts on a daily basis

Every day Tesco employees play a key role in making sure that as many donations as possible reach those who really need them. For example every day Mónika carefully sorts fresh and dry goods that can be saved in the Tesco store in Debrecen. Erika plays a leading role in food rescue in Békéscsaba and enthusiastically teaches her colleagues about effective methods. Gergely has been working at Tesco for almost 20 years and is able to put his experience in various areas of the business to good use in the food rescue programme. He delivers the rescued dairy products from the Érd store to the local Social Care Centre. “The Hungarian Food Bank Association has been our strategic partner in running the programme for 12 years, and we also work with the Hungarian Interchurch Aid”, adds Nóra Hevesi.

More information is available in the Food Waste Report. (x)