M&S Neighbourly Scheme

Marks & Spencer has donated 70 million meals to local charities with long-standing food redistribution partner Neighbourly.

Since the launch of the surplus partnership in 2015, M&S have been working with Neighbourly to redistribute surplus food from store, which is too good to waste, to more than 3,000 local charities and community organisations. To date, the partnership has supported over 4.5 million individuals, with meal donations supporting families in need, young people and those with disabilities.

Designed to tackle food waste in M&S’ stores, the partnership with Neighbourly has prevented over 30,000 tonnes of good quality food from going to waste. This contributes to M&S’ ‘target of 100% of edible surplus food to be redistributed by 2025, as part of its ‘Plan A’ roadmap to net zero.