ESS extends Olio agreement
ESS has extended its partnership with the community sharing app.

ESS has extended its partnership with community sharing app Olio to redistribute good-to-eat surplus food to members of the local community.
The Compass-owned company has been donating pre-packed products, fruit and vegetables to Olio since summer 2023, and has recently introduced cooked food collections. The move to include full meals is further enhancing its positive impact, supporting a reduction in food waste and helping local people in need.
The partnership has already delivered significant benefits to local communities. To date, there have been 29,683kg or 87,170 items of edible food saved, amounting to 62,288 meals and 3,522 households fed.
'Inspire other caterers'
Saasha Celestial-One, chief executive officer and co-founder of Olio, said: “It's fantastic that ESS is expanding its food donation efforts by sharing cooked food with the local community via Olio. We hope this move will influence and inspire other caterers to follow suit and donate more food types, knowing that it's 100% safe to do so through Olio.”
Bob Gray, managing director of ESS defence, marine and aerospace, added: “We’re very proud to partner with Olio and support the brilliant work the organisation does to reduce food waste and help those in need. The introduction of cooked food collections across our estate is a great step forward to further enhance our impact.”