GWR partners with Olio to help combat food waste

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GWR partners with Olio to help combat food waste

« on: February 15, 2021, 18:06:02 »

From a GWR^▸ Press release

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Teaming up with food sharing organisation Olio, GWR is working to redistribute in-date food leftover from its on-board catering service to local communities and charities across the Great Western Network.


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Re: GWR partners with Olio to help combat food waste

« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2021, 19:18:06 »

Quote from: grahame on February 15, 2021, 18:06:02

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Commendable but it's a pity it wasn't done earlier. Nevertheless, let's hope it inspires others who could do this to follow suit.


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Re: GWR partners with Olio to help combat food waste

« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2021, 19:53:37 »

A nice idea but it's not always as simple as it seems. If the food is perishable there needs to be a quick and well-organised route from caterer to charity to an end user who can actually use it at that time and knows what to do with it, without having known in advance if, when or what might come. If it's got a long enough shelf life GWR^▸ would probably be keeping it themselves, and if the details of type, amount etc are known far enough in advance to allow due warning to be given then they would probably have been able to reduce the order to avoid wastage.

Just flinging a random mix of short-dated food items in possibly unsuitable quantities at people isn't necessarily the answer unless you are literally trying to stop someone starving and absolutely anything will do.


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