UK’s leading food and drink wholesaler Booker has today (20) announced it has donated the equivalent of over 20 million meals to charities and local communities as part of its ongoing partnership with FareShare and Olio.
Donations are delivered or collected direct from Booker’s 190 branches, 11 distribution depots and Best Food Logistics business. In 2024 alone, Booker donated over seven million meals to FareShare charities in local communities.
Over 5,000 charities and community groups have benefited from donations throughout the partnership.
Booker work with the charities and Olio across the UK through the FareshareGo programme, where Booker sites are matched with charities and community groups in the local area that collect the items and turn that into food parcels or hot meals for the people they support.
Donations include fresh produce, meat and packaged goods.
The success of the partnership has resulted in Booker and Best Food Logistics being named as one of FareShare’s 2025 Leading Food Partners, for a fourth consecutive year.
This recognition is awarded to food partners that consistently divert surplus to FareShare from across their operations.
FareShare continues to face record levels of demand for its services and provides food to more organisations than ever before. To help support this increase in demand, Booker encourage all suppliers to donate any edible surplus.
Cath Marston, Head of Sustainability at Booker said, “We’re delighted to have donated 20 million meals to FareShare, allowing us to reduce food waste across our business, but most importantly to continue supporting people in local communities and charities across the UK.”
Katie Sadler, Head of FareShare Go, said, “We’re really grateful to Booker for redistributing an incredible 20 million meals’ worth of surplus food through FareShare Go. These 20 million meals have supported more than 5,000 charities and community groups, providing meals to bring people together over food and strengthening communities across the UK.”
Saasha Celestial-One, Co-Founder and COO of Olio said, “20 million meals is a staggering achievement, and we're very proud that Olio and FareShare's partnership with Booker has delivered such amazing results.
"We'd like to say a big thank you to all Booker colleagues and Olio and FareShare volunteers for helping us provide this much needed support to communities up and down the UK.”
