We can rescue your school’s, university’s or college’s surplus food!

Do you work at a school, university or college and is there often surplus food at the end of the day, or during the day after a meal service or catered event? If so, join the OLIO Food Waste Heroes program whereby we will arrange for a food safety trained Food Waste Hero to collect your surplus food from you and prevent it from going to waste!

Our Food Waste Hero will collect your surplus food and redistribute it to their local community via the OLIO app for free.

It’s quick, easy and hassle-free. Interested, please contact us!

We can rescue your school’s, university’s or college’s surplus food!

Our Food Waste Hero will collect your surplus food and redistribute it to their local community via the OLIO app for free.

It’s quick, easy and hassle-free. Interested, please contact us!

How it works

Assess

We’ll have a conversation with you to assess your business’ food collection needs.

Recruit

We’ll recruit and train a team of volunteers who will collect your surplus food on a regular basis.

Collect

The Food Waste Heroes will collect and safely redistribute your surplus food to their local community using the OLIO app.

Impact

Your surplus food ends up in bellies, not bins. This benefits the environment, helps build local communities and improves your employee engagement.

FAQs

Q: What sort of food can OLIO rescue?
A: Any food which is still good to eat. 😊 We also take ALL food, from hot meals to fresh items to packaged goods.

Q: Does it matter how little or how much food I have?
A: No! If you have more surplus food than one Food Waste Hero can manage, we will arrange more than one Food Waste Hero for the collection, but usually we find that one Food Waste Hero is enough.

Q: What if I already have charitable collections in place?
A: That is great that you are already supporting charities. We collect all food types, also food that charities are not able to collect. Through our OLIO food sharing app we also reach people that, for whatever reason, do not want to visit food banks (we take the social stigma out of sharing).

Q: Do the FWHs have any training?
A: We’ve developed a robust and easy-to-apply Food Safety Management System (FSMS) that all Food Waste Heroes adhere to. It’s easy to use yet sophisticated enough to ensure all types of food are distributed in a safe way. Our FSMS, which we created with input from the FSA, is approved by our Primary Authority and based on a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points study. Here is an overview on how Food Safety is ensured by volunteers on OLIO.

Q: Is there any cost associated with the programme?
A: We charge a nominal fee per collection to enable businesses to become zero waste. This includes fully serviced food collections with a dedicated account manager & monthly impact reports.

Q: Where is this available?
A: Currently our surplus food redistribution is available across the UK. Guidance on setting up the FWH programme in other markets available upon request.