Since the British bakery chain launched The Greggs Pledge in 2021, it says it has reduced manufacturing food waste by 10% (as a % of sales).
Greggs also says it has increased food redistribution of unsold food in shops by a further 10%.
The Greggs Pledge is a set of ten commitments Greggs has pledged to achieve by 2025. The commitments are built around “building stronger, healthier communities, making the planet safer and becoming a better business”.
The pledge includes a commitment to produce 25% less food waste than in 2018 by 2025.
Greggs has also committed to using 25% less packaging in 2025 than in 2019 and over the last 12 months, the bakery says it has made changes that will allow 130 tonnes of plastic to be removed from its business operations each year.
Greggs has also committed to using 25% less packaging in 2025 than in 2019.
By the end of 2023, Greggs says it aims to have reduced the amount of food waste created in manufacturing operations by an additional 10% and increased food redistribution by a further 10%. The bakery chain also aims to ensure all its own-brand packaging will be “more easily recycled”.
Greggs says it has already removed the thin plastic wrap on its tea boxes and introduced at least 50% recycled materials in the packaging used for Greggs’ drink bottles and pasta salad pots. The bakery continues that it has also reduced the thickness of the cardboard packaging of Yum Yums, Belgian Buns and two packs of doughnuts by 10% to reduce cardboard by 14 tonnes each year.