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Our impact.

Food waste is a global issue.

Whilst the UK has made strides to improve and reduce the amount of food wasted, thousands of tonnes of perfectly good food are still being wasted each year. We’re on a mission to help create a world where no surplus product goes to waste.

Positive change.

For over fifty years, we've been helping to stop products from needlessly going to waste. We're proud of the impact we've made so far, but need you to help us do more.

1 billion

items redistributed since we began

£219m

paid back to industry in last 5 years.

121000

tonnes of CO2 saved per year by redistributing surplus.

£137m

saved by members on their shopping.

47000

tonnes of food & drink redistributed in the last year

11.5m

equivalent meals from surplus.

Read our latest Impact Reports

As the UK’s leading surplus redistributor, we have redistributed over 1 billion items since we opened.


In 2025, we:

•Redistributed over 47,000 tonnes of food and drink

•Saved the equivalent of 121,000 tonnes of CO2

•Saved members 137 million on their shopping


Company Shop Group, tackling food waste for good

In 2025, Community Shop:


•Empowered people by delivering over 63,000 personal development programmes

•Helped people to learn new skills by delivering over 34,000 Cook Clubs

•Changed people’s lives; 92% of members improved their wellbeing


Community Shop, a hand up not a hand-out.

What is surplus?

Discover what surplus is and how we redistribute more than 100 million items each year

Return for your surplus

We're proud to offer three types of return for your surplus: financial, social and environmental. You can choose the combination that suits your business best.

Community Shop

Discover the impact we make to thousands of families each year through our award-winning social enterprise.