# Over £500k of food donated through Donate Food with Ocado

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/04/26/500k-food-donated-donate-food-ocado/
- Published: 2018-04-26T08:23:58+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Ocado’s food matching scheme Donate Food has now given the equivalent of over 
£500k to food banks in the UK.**

[Donate Food with Ocado](https://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Donate-food-with-Ocado-250/271532011)
launched in 2014 and sees every pound given by customers matched by at least £2 
worth of groceries to food banks. Under the scheme, customers can add a specified
amount, either £2.50, £5 or £10, to their online trolley as a donation towards groceries
for food banks, which Ocado then matches, giving products worth the total amount
to food banks.

The food banks specify what items they need by providing Ocado with regularly updated
shopping lists, such as fresh vegetables, tea bags, or loaves of bread, and receive
only these items.

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From December 2014 to November 2017, Ocado customers donated £261,195 with Ocado
matching it with food worth £522,390, and weighing 90 tonnes.

In addition, Ocado currently works with 17 Food Partners to help minimise its food
wastage, including food banks and charities, as well as animal parks and other organisations.
Last month it revealed that its total food waste figure was just 0.02%: 1 in 6,000
items. It redistributed 2,200 tonnes of food to its partners in 2017, including 
independent food banks close to its Customer Fulfilment Centres, such as Ediblelinks
in Warwickshire and DENS in Hertfordshire, which then redistribute food to individuals
and families in need, or to community groups.

 * **[WRAP figures show upsurge in surplus food redistribution](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/07/17/wrap-figures-upsurge-surplus-food-redistribution/)**(
   17 July 2018)
 * **[New site links unwanted toiletries with local causes](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/08/30/new-site-links-unwanted-toiletries-local-causes/)**(
   30 August 2018)
 * **[8 Christmas campaigns supporting food banks](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/12/04/8-christmas-campaigns-supporting-food-banks/)**(
   4 December 2018)

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