Baker & Baker Signs Redistribution Partnership with FareShare

European bakery products manufacturer Baker & Baker has agreed a partnership with the leading UK food redistribution charity FareShare.

Baker & Baker will be working closely with FareShare to redistribute products and ingredients from across its four UK manufacturing sites in Bromborough, Ashington, Bradford and Daventry that would otherwise be destined for food waste.

FareShare operates a national network of charitable food redistributors via its regional centres and supports over 9,500 charities throughout the UK. In 2022, FareShare redistributed food equivalent to 126 million meals.

The partnership forms one strand of Baker & Baker’s approach to deliver sustainable business initiatives across its manufacturing operations. Food waste reduction programmes are a critical component of reducing the business’s impact on the environment, and ensuring that products are redirected to charities and community groups wherever possible.

Reducing food wastage will also have a positive impact on Baker & Baker’s carbon footprint and as a component of the business’s strategy to move towards net zero.  

The agreement with FareShare follows a successful trial of bakery products that Baker & Baker donated in 2022 from its Bradford site, with over four tonnes of products supporting almost 550 UK charities.

Baker & Baker is also exploring potential partners to support food redistribution efforts at its continental European sites.