{"id":2064,"date":"2025-07-16T11:23:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2025-07-16T11:23:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:23:28","slug":"looking-back-at-10-years-of-olio-and-120-million-meals-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/2025\/07\/16\/looking-back-at-10-years-of-olio-and-120-million-meals-rescued\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back at 10 years of Olio (and 120 million meals rescued)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-typestyle-small wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Saasha Celestial-One and Tessa Clarke, Olio co-founders (Image credit: Annabel Staff)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>10 years ago, we started out as a&nbsp; neighbour-to-neighbour food sharing app, available in a few North London postcodes.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fast forward to today, and we\u2019re a widely-adopted B2B surplus food redistribution and discounting service,\u00a0 rescuing millions of meals each month , and a sharing app with 8.5 million users\u00a0 worldwide<\/em>. <em>Let&#8217;s take a look back at that journey. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 2015 by Tessa Clarke and Sasha Celestial-One, Olio was initially only available across a select few North London postcodes. Since then, we\u2019ve expanded to 60+ countries, and have over 8.5 million users globally, with 4.5 million users based in the UK alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-typestyle-small wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Helping businesses do <\/strong><strong>more<\/strong><strong> with their surplus food<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A huge part of that growth has been down to the evolution of our offering for businesses &#8211; helping them sell more, share more, and waste less of their surplus food. That work predominantly happens in the UK and Ireland, but also in Singapore, and Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through our Food Waste Heroes Programme, we\u2019ve been able to connect hundreds of businesses with nearby Olio volunteers &#8211; of which there are now a jawdropping 150,000 (all food safety trained, and called &#8220;Food Waste Heroes\u201d). Those volunteers&nbsp; rescue food from 8,500 locations per month, take it home, and share it with people nearby using Olio\u2019s app.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For our partners, their Olio collections are made possible via our unique volunteer management software (currently managing 200,000 volunteer collection slots per month!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXdPal-XSTE84NcGa73JT-SjKMW4rrTsuwM4R8Y4kMS7Fu4twTR95vJEhM0xF0Kbim-P5Jxt2XsCQA94HwWDYPByOAosbTqSFKbtBYnJgdMqJ4gvQQPO-__pVGByGbozbC4s9qoOmQ.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXdPal-XSTE84NcGa73JT-SjKMW4rrTsuwM4R8Y4kMS7Fu4twTR95vJEhM0xF0Kbim-P5Jxt2XsCQA94HwWDYPByOAosbTqSFKbtBYnJgdMqJ4gvQQPO-__pVGByGbozbC4s9qoOmQ.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXdPal-XSTE84NcGa73JT-SjKMW4rrTsuwM4R8Y4kMS7Fu4twTR95vJEhM0xF0Kbim-P5Jxt2XsCQA94HwWDYPByOAosbTqSFKbtBYnJgdMqJ4gvQQPO-__pVGByGbozbC4s9qoOmQ-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXdPal-XSTE84NcGa73JT-SjKMW4rrTsuwM4R8Y4kMS7Fu4twTR95vJEhM0xF0Kbim-P5Jxt2XsCQA94HwWDYPByOAosbTqSFKbtBYnJgdMqJ4gvQQPO-__pVGByGbozbC4s9qoOmQ-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXdPal-XSTE84NcGa73JT-SjKMW4rrTsuwM4R8Y4kMS7Fu4twTR95vJEhM0xF0Kbim-P5Jxt2XsCQA94HwWDYPByOAosbTqSFKbtBYnJgdMqJ4gvQQPO-__pVGByGbozbC4s9qoOmQ-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXdPal-XSTE84NcGa73JT-SjKMW4rrTsuwM4R8Y4kMS7Fu4twTR95vJEhM0xF0Kbim-P5Jxt2XsCQA94HwWDYPByOAosbTqSFKbtBYnJgdMqJ4gvQQPO-__pVGByGbozbC4s9qoOmQ-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-typestyle-small wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Olio\u2019s app being used by a volunteer to advertise surplus food to neighbours (Image credit: Zula Rabikowska)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A timeline of our Food Waste Heroes Programme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2015<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olio\u2019s app goes live on the App Store as a neighbour-to-neighbour food sharing app. We quickly grew to include non-food sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, we partnered with South Derbyshire DC to develop a process for the safe collection and redistribution of food by community volunteers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once we had <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/2023\/10\/18\/food-safety-101-building-a-best-in-class-food-safety-management-system\/\">an approved process in place<\/a>, our Food Waste Heroes Programme was born.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We then started rescuing food from a handful of London-based Pret A Manger stores, and&nbsp; Planet Organic stores across London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018, our first catering sites come on board &#8211; including <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/case-study\/contract-catering-food-waste\/\">Compass UK &amp; Ireland<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/2024\/03\/20\/a-culture-of-innovation-at-restaurant-associates\/\">Restaurant Associates<\/a> sites, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/2023\/11\/23\/fooditude-the-catering-company-fighting-food-waste-and-caring-for-london-communities-with-olio\/\">Fooditude<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a successful trial in 2019,&nbsp; Tesco was then our first national scale partner in 2020, with <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/case-study\/food-waste-tesco\/\">Olio brought in to work alongside FareShare<\/a> across Tesco stores nationally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-typestyle-small wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Sidenote:<\/em><\/strong><em> Astonishingly &#8211; Tesco and Olio recently surpassed <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tescoplc.com\/static\/tesco-impact-report.html\"><em>75 million meals rescued<\/em><\/a><em> through their partnership. We\u2019re very proud of that!&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2020<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following our national rollout across Tesco\u2019s stores, <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/case-study\/booker-surplus-food-redistribution\/\">Booker Wholesale<\/a> brings in Olio to rescue food from its wholesale centres in 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2021<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/tescoireland.ie\/news\/2021\/tesco-ireland-partners-with-olio-to-further-redistribute-surplus-food-from-stores\/\">Tesco Ireland<\/a> comes onboard, rolling out Olio across its stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, after a successful trial, <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/case-study\/sustainability-iceland\/\">Iceland Foods<\/a> partners with Olio nationally across its 950 stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/news\/2022\/03\/10\/pandamart-and-community-app-olio-collaborate-food-waste-solution-singapore\">FoodPanda in Singapore<\/a> starts working with Olio to rescue food from their 15 Pandamart locations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/2023\/09\/25\/how-olive-dining-has-cracked-zero-waste-school-catering\/\">Olive Dining<\/a> comes on board as one of our first partners in the education catering sector.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2023, a number of major retail partners came onboard &#8211; including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newfoodmagazine.com\/news\/192974\/olio-partners-with-whole-foods-market-in-london\/\">Whole Foods<\/a>, Amazon Fresh and <a href=\"https:\/\/retailtechinnovationhub.com\/home\/2023\/12\/7\/holland-and-barrett-partners-with-olio-to-tackle-food-waste-and-help-feed-local-communities\">Holland and Barrett<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the catering sector, we<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ess-compass.co.uk\/news-posts\/ess-partners-with-olio-to-cut-food-waste\/\"> joined forces with ESS<\/a> across some of their Defence, Energy and Government sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also started working with production companies in the TV and film sector &#8211; including <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/2023\/12\/08\/tackling-food-waste-in-thetv-and-film-industry-withworld-productions\/\">World Productions<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/2023\/10\/09\/zero-food-waste-film-sets-how-olio-is-helping-lifted-entertainment-run-planet-friendly-productions\/\">Lifted Entertainment<\/a>, across productions like Love Island Aftersun, and I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026Get Me Out Of Here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, following a successful pilot across 36 stores, we launched our national partnership with Sainsbury&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boots-uk.com\/newsroom\/news\/boots-partners-with-olio-to-further-tackle-food-waste-and-distribute-surplus-food-to-local-communities\/\">Boots<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fruitnet.com\/fresh-produce-journal\/asda-expands-back-of-store-food-donation-scheme\/260663.article\">Asda<\/a> were two more major retailers that partnered with Olio in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the catering sector, a partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.issworld.com\/en-GB\/news\/2024\/03\/13\/iss-partners-with-olio\">ISS<\/a> saw Olio expand across 35 NHS hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also launched a strategic partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/2024\/11\/18\/olio-partners-with-waste-giant-biffa-to-tackle-hunger-crisis\/\">Biffa<\/a>, to help provide an all in one waste collection and food surplus redistribution service to Biffa clients.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Introducing\u2026 A full suite of surplus food solutions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Building on this unbelievable decade, this year we were thrilled to launch a full surplus food toolkit for businesses, by introducing extra layer of discounting options to add on top of our community redistribution solution.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By boosting the visibility of businesses\u2019 discounted food via our app, our partners can sell more reduced-to-clear groceries, and generate additional revenue, before redistributing anything left into the local community, so nothing goes to waste.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reductions Feed:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve now got Reductions Feed, which displays a live feed of discounted items to local Olio users surrounding participating stores. It does this through integrations with Point-of-Sale (PoS) systems, or via cloud-based inventory data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXeldaea9ysyGm1tIn9E2NUOha8c82oaZjBa6PmpWFgOSErPnBuc9CPGpI_5jpIBKuDo6q7XUE6tUzgPvuqi5xnRxeDlS1hYLNccjbZ9uRsD3lnSfyReMTwk1rigPnPyRcBw5KiLlw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXeldaea9ysyGm1tIn9E2NUOha8c82oaZjBa6PmpWFgOSErPnBuc9CPGpI_5jpIBKuDo6q7XUE6tUzgPvuqi5xnRxeDlS1hYLNccjbZ9uRsD3lnSfyReMTwk1rigPnPyRcBw5KiLlw.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXeldaea9ysyGm1tIn9E2NUOha8c82oaZjBa6PmpWFgOSErPnBuc9CPGpI_5jpIBKuDo6q7XUE6tUzgPvuqi5xnRxeDlS1hYLNccjbZ9uRsD3lnSfyReMTwk1rigPnPyRcBw5KiLlw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXeldaea9ysyGm1tIn9E2NUOha8c82oaZjBa6PmpWFgOSErPnBuc9CPGpI_5jpIBKuDo6q7XUE6tUzgPvuqi5xnRxeDlS1hYLNccjbZ9uRsD3lnSfyReMTwk1rigPnPyRcBw5KiLlw-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXeldaea9ysyGm1tIn9E2NUOha8c82oaZjBa6PmpWFgOSErPnBuc9CPGpI_5jpIBKuDo6q7XUE6tUzgPvuqi5xnRxeDlS1hYLNccjbZ9uRsD3lnSfyReMTwk1rigPnPyRcBw5KiLlw-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/olioapp.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/AD_4nXeldaea9ysyGm1tIn9E2NUOha8c82oaZjBa6PmpWFgOSErPnBuc9CPGpI_5jpIBKuDo6q7XUE6tUzgPvuqi5xnRxeDlS1hYLNccjbZ9uRsD3lnSfyReMTwk1rigPnPyRcBw5KiLlw-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-typestyle-small wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A shopper buys a quiche from Iceland advertised via Olio\u2019s Reductions Feed&nbsp; (Image credit: Zula Rabikowska)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lucky Dip: Surprise bundles of discounted food&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lucky Dip offers another avenue for retailers to sell discounted food, by creating bundles of surplus food that Olio users can reserve via the app and buy in-store, at flat percentage reductions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iceland has been an early adopter of both solutions, having run trials across selected stores in London and Manchester in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stuart Lendrum, director of product, process and sustainability at Iceland Foods, said: \u201c<em>Iceland Foods wishes Olio a very happy tenth birthday. So far, our partnership has seen huge success and is constantly evolving to include more food waste reduction initiatives. We hope to work together for many more years helping to reduce food waste and support communities<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reflections from the businesses we work with<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re so grateful for our network of incredible partners, who\u2019ve supported us from day 1:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cOlio has been a fantastic partner in our mission to reduce food waste\u2026 Olio\u2019s platform is simple to use at site level and delivers a meaningful, positive impact in the local communities where we operate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ashleigh Taylor, Head of Environment at Compass Group UK &amp; Ireland<br><br>***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Everyone, from Olio\u2019s senior team to its passionate volunteers, is deeply committed to the vision of a more sustainable and connected world, and they\u2019ve brought our colleagues along with them every step of the way. It\u2019s a joy to work with such a values-driven organisation, and we\u2019re excited to see what the next decade brings. Happy 10th birthday, Olio!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hannah Gallimore, Social Change Manager, Central Co-Op<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>***<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Everyone at Olio I have met is incredible. They strive to have great relationships with everyone at Impact Food Group, while helping ensure our leftover items don&#8217;t go to waste.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bryan Lygate, Managing Director, Impact Food Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;One thing we love about working with Olio is how easy they make it to turn surplus food into a powerful force for good. Their platform connects us directly with our local community, ensuring nothing goes to waste and that makes a real difference.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heidi Gitsham, Head of Marketing, Olive Dining<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Get in touch<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.olioapp.com\/business\">Speak to our team today<\/a> about Olio\u2019s surplus food solutions&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saasha Celestial-One and Tessa Clarke, Olio co-founders (Image credit: Annabel Staff) 10 years ago, we started out as a&nbsp; neighbour-to-neighbour&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,22,23,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-grocery","category-retail","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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