50 Million Meals Donated Through Tesco’s Food Donation Service
Tesco and TAAP created a fully integrated digital donation system connecting over 3,000 stores with 7,500 charities across the UK and Ireland.
Customer
Tesco
Sectors
Retail, Food Distribution, Charity Partnerships
Profile
Tesco is one of the world’s largest retailers, operating thousands of stores across the UK and Ireland. The organisation is committed to reducing food waste and ensuring surplus food is redistributed to communities in need.
Customer
Tesco
Sectors
Retail, Food Distribution, Charity Partnerships
Profile
Tesco is one of the world’s largest retailers, operating thousands of stores across the UK and Ireland. The organisation is committed to reducing food waste and ensuring surplus food is redistributed to communities in need.
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How TAAP connected Tesco to Charities
Tesco partnered with TAAP to tackle the challenge of redistributing surplus food efficiently across its UK and Ireland network. TAAP developed and deployed a mobile app in just three days, integrating it into Tesco’s existing systems within three weeks. The platform connected thousands of stores to thousands of charities, enabling real-time coordination and recording of food donations—resulting in over 50 million meals delivered to people in need.
Real-time store-charity coordination
Rapid deployment at national scale
Transparent tracking of stock and waste data
Fully integrated digital donation platform
Business Needs
Tesco needed an efficient way to coordinate food donations from more than 3,000 stores to over 7,500 charities daily. The existing process was complex and fragmented, making it difficult to ensure safe handling, accurate reporting, and consistent waste reduction across such a large network.
The Solution
TAAP designed and delivered a custom mobile app in just three days, integrating it into Tesco’s Product, Price and Waste Services in three weeks. The solution supported scanning of Tesco’s custom and legacy barcodes, allowing seamless donation tracking and full integration with stock, financial, and waste reporting systems. More than 137,000 staff were trained to use the app, ensuring food donations met safety and compliance standards while enabling transparent, scalable redistribution to charities.