Company Shop Group
19 February 2022Company Shop Group is the UK’s leading redistributor of surplus food and household products.
Home to Company Shop stores (our retail operation) and our award-winning social enterprise, Community Shop, we’re a business at the forefront of the sustainability agenda, changing mindsets and educating across the industry.
Website: companyshopgroup.co.uk Contact: [email protected] / 0800 211 84 84
Impact in numbers (in 2021)
Handled more than 98 million units of surplus food and household products, including 8.6m non-food items
Saved 34,590 tonnes of surplus from going to waste
Paid £32.9m back to the industry in return for its surplus, taking the total to more than £165m in the last 10 years.
Industry partners
Aldi /Asda / Co-op / Iceland / Lidl / M&S / Ocado / Morrisons / Sainsbury’s / Tesco / Wilko
Arla / Bakkavor / Danone / Greencore / Mondelez / Nestle / Premier Foods / Samworth Brothers / Unilever
What we do with the food
Company Shop Group sells surplus products at discounted prices through 14 member-only Company Shop supermarkets.
Surplus food is also sold in our award-winning social enterprise, Community Shop, which uses surplus food to support communities by providing vital access to deeply discounted food and life-changing learning and development programmes.
Operations
We've been handling surplus for over five decades and have all the necessary expertise and capabilities in place to take products from across all categories.
We are trusted by all major retailers, brands, and manufacturers to redistribute their surplus products, protect their brands, and deliver commercial, social, and environmental impact along the way.
Wider network
Company Shop Group operates 14 Company Shop supermarkets and 10 Community Shop stores.
Key programmes
Company Shop Group’s Luminary Programme is a pioneering mentoring programme for industry leaders which seeks to deliver a step change in intelligent surplus management and reduce unnecessary waste.
We have worked with industry partners such as Amazon, Bakkavor, Coca-Cola European Partners, Greencore, M&S, Mars, Morrisons, Nestlé, Nomad Foods, Premier Foods, Samworth Brothers, Unilever and Upfield to mentor teams of future leaders and rising stars across the industry, all committed to delivering the best in sustainable and social business practices.
Testimonial
Steph McGinty, Managing Director of Company Shop Group, said: “I am immensely proud of what we achieve by working closely with our industry partners, colleagues and the communities we are so proud to serve.
“Working in collaboration with our partners, we continue to turn problems into potential, stop even more products from going to waste and are able to support even more people and communities.”