Company saves Renfrew shoppers £5.5m

A business committed to reducing food waste and offering low cost goods to emergency service personnel has saved its customers £5.5 million in the past 12 months.

Company Shop in Renfrew sells heavily discounted food and essentials to its members including those working in FMCG manufacturing and logistics; the NHS and emergency services; social care; prison services; British Armed Forces; employees and volunteers for charities, and those on means-tested benefits amongst others.

Figures also demonstrate how the Renfrew store has saved 2,126 tonnes of perfectly-good food, drink and household products from needlessly going to waste, helping to generate the equivalent of 5,060,858 meals for the local community.

This new impact data was announced as part of the latest impact report for Company Shop Group – the UK’s largest surplus redistribution organisation.

Gillian Robinson, regional store manager at Company Shop Renfrew, said:“We are so proud to have been able to save so many members in Renfrew so much money in the past 12 months; we know how much of a difference it makes for families.

“We are committed to making sure that every day, our shelves are stacked with high-quality surplus food and household products from brands that our members love at deeply-discounted prices.

“The dual benefit of Company Shop’s model means that we can help our members to both stretch their budgets slightly and do something good for the planet by preventing good food from going to waste.

“We would love to see those who qualify for our free membership sign up online or by visiting our store, to see first-hand the huge impact Company Shop can have for them.”

With over 200,000 tonnes of surplus going to waste each year, and with the cost-of-living crisis continuing, the group has reinforced its commitment to continued growth and innovation in the year ahead, so it can improve the lives of even more Renfrew families.