{"id":5134,"date":"2026-10-14T10:27:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/en\/?p=5134"},"modified":"2026-10-30T10:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T10:23:11","slug":"how-to-get-free-food-and-more-100m-worth-of-stuff-shared-on-olio-every-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olioapp.com\/en\/olio-updates\/how-to-get-free-food-and-more-100m-worth-of-stuff-shared-on-olio-every-year\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get free food (and more): \u00a3100m+ worth of stuff shared on Olio every year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At Olio, our mission is simple: fewer things wasted, and more things kept in circulation. What started as a free food app between a handful of neighbours now sees over \u00a3100 million worth of free food and household items given away every year! That’s around \u00a3274,000 every single day \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does \u00a3100m of free stuff look like in real life? Let’s take a look \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So where does it all come from?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most of it is surplus food from local shops, cafes and supermarkets like Tesco, Pret, Sainsbury’s and many more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our amazing Food Waste Heroes<\/a> rescue that food daily and share it with people in their local community \u2013 completely free. In fact, our volunteers clocked up 2.5 million volunteering hours in 2025 \ud83e\udd2f \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just take a look at this incredible surplus food collection, worth around \u00a3140, shared by a TikTok user @lornrussell:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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@lornrussell<\/a>

My latest Olio collection from Sainsbury’s had LOADS of meat and fish, as well as veg and other goodies – it came to just under \u00a3140 full price, which is crazy! I get to keep 10% then the rest is listed on the app for people to get from me for free, to try and reduce food waste. #olio<\/a> #foodwaste<\/a> #moneysavingtips<\/a> #frugal<\/a> #sainsburys<\/a> <\/p> \u266c original sound – Lorna<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote>