Pandamart Singapore has entered into a partnership with free-sharing app Olio. The two are working together to reduce food waste in Singapore by redistributing unsold food, for free, within local communities. The partnership came into effect in December 2021, with almost 400kg of food successfully donated. This equates to 900 meals, for 180 families.
Simplifying surplus
The partnership is simple. Any Pandamart food closing in on its sell-by date, damaged canned goods and minor defective foods are offered to local communities, via the Olio app. One of the platform’s ‘food waste heroes’ will collect all of the goods before uploading them to the app for free collection. Items will be displayed under the ‘food’ tab of the app, with users able to request a pick-up, collecting points in the process.
Food waste heroes are responsible for taking a picture of what is available, listing the name and highlighting quantities. Consistent reminders about being courteous and turning up for collections, as arranged, are shown to all users.
The 400kg of food already redistributed comes from one Pandamart location. The company claims that this equates to 1700kg of CO2emissions not generated and more than 295,000 litres of water saved. The latest stores to be added to the partnership are in Rampines and Bukit Batok.
In excess of 100,000 Singaporean citizens use Olio already, sharing surplus food and unwanted non-food goods. Reportedly, more than half of all food listings added to Olio in the country are collected within half an hour.
While we try to ensure that the supply we procure at Pandamart coincides with our customers’ demand, it is inevitable that we will have excess food that will not get sold. Instead of throwing them away, we can reduce food waste by redistributing them, and our partnership with Olio allows us to easily and efficiently do so. Minimising food waste is one of the key pillars that shape our sustainability agenda at Foodpanda, and we are keen to play a bigger part in supporting Singapore’s plan towards becoming a Zero Waste Nation.
https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/pandamart-olio-partnership-food-waste/
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