Excess stock from Aldi’s network of Regional Distribution Centres (RDC) is to be made available across the UK after the supermarket extended its partnership with the Company Shop Group.
Company Shop Group is a leading redistributor of surplus food and household products and works with Aldi to manage surplus stock from its RDCs. This is redistributed to the Group’s Community Shops across the country, where items are sold at discounted prices as a way to help those in need.
Since first collaborating in 2015, Company Shop Group has helped Aldi prevent over 14,700 tonnes of food from going to waste. The new national rollout is expected to prevent a further 2,860 tonnes of food from going to waste each year.
Liz Fox, Corporate Responsibility Director at Aldi UK, said: “Reducing food waste is incredibly important to us, and we know that by rolling this scheme out nationally, it will make a huge difference to communities across the UK.
“The work that Community Shop does is vital to so many people and, sadly, the demand it is seeing for surplus food is currently higher than ever. By extending our partnership with them, we can make a positive difference together.”
Gary Stott, Executive Chairman of Community Shop, added: “We’ve worked with Aldi for a long time now and are incredibly excited to be able to extend our partnership with them.
“The surplus stock that we redistribute through Community Shop is a lifeline for so many people, and by rolling out the partnership nationally, we can deliver positive impacts for people and communities on a much greater scale.”
