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SAVE TIME, SAVE MONEY, HELP THE PLANET

Booker’s used cooking oil recycling service lets you save time and money.

With over 96% of customers who use Booker’s Used Cooking Oil collection and recycling service saying they would recommend the service to other Booker customers, caterers are being reminded of this invaluable service which helps them save money and meet all of their legal obligations when disposing of used cooking oil.

The service has been running since 2008 and more than 16,000 catering customers already take advantage, earning a 20p voucher towards their next purchase for every litre collected and recycled. That means participating caterers earn a £4 voucher for every 20 litres recycled, bringing the price of a KTC 20ltr drum to *£21.99.

The used oil is collected direct from your premises by a Booker’s collection partner and is then processed and turned into biofuel which makes up the diesel blend used in Booker’s HGV fleet, helping the planet as well as saving caterers money. Caterers can arrange for their used oil to be collected on a set rota – every two weeks, for instance – or can choose to order collections as required.

So far, Booker has collected and recycled almost 80 million litres of used cooking oil – enough to fill 32 Olympic sized swimming pools. The service is also the simplest way for caterers to ensure that they are meeting all legal requirements around the correct disposal of used cooking oil. Caterers using Booker’s service receive formal certification that their used oil has been collected and recycled after every collection. The minimum collection is 60 litres and Booker can provide 60 litre barrels if desired, with a deposit payable.

To register and book your collection, contact Booker Recycling by phone on 0345 120 4545, by email at info@bookerrecycling.co.uk or by visiting www.bookerrecycling.co.uk

*Price correct at time of printing

“Fantastic, efficient and hassle-free service that is of real benefit to my business and a nice perk that helps reduce our cooking oil costs.”

Iain, Tantrum Doughnuts

INBRIEF AVOIDING THEFT

There have been reports of thefts of used cooking oil from customers’ premises. To reduce your risk of falling victim to crimes like this, it is important to:

l Keep your used cooking

oil secure before collection

l Booker partners with

Wastecare, Vegetable

Oil Management and, in Northern Ireland,

BioGen. Make sure you check the Booker paperwork before handing over the used oil.

If you believe your used cooking oil has been stolen, please report it immediately to the police.

What are you doing to save time and money and make your business more profitable while enhancing your sustainability credentials? Let us know by dropping us a line at catering@booker.co.uk

BOOKER PROVIDES ONE MILLION MEALS FOR NEEDY

Booker has redistributed enough food to provide the equivalent of one million meals through FareShare’s network of charities.

Working with FareShare, the UK’s biggest charity fi ghting hunger and food waste, Booker has redistributed enough food to provide the equivalent of one million meals for communities across the UK since April 2021.

Booker is the fi rst wholesaler to redistribute food directly to FareShare’s network of charities through the FareShare Go programme and the free sharing app OLIO and its ‘Food Waste Heroes’ who collect food directly from Booker and Makro branches, which is then added to its app for people in the local area to collect.

Through FareShare Go, Booker sites are matched with charities and community groups in the local area that collect the items and turn that into food parcels or hot meals for the people they support.

The food redistributed by Booker includes a range of large catering size packs, vegetables, deli and sandwich fi llings, as well as smaller packs of meats, fi sh and fruit. Lindsay Boswell, Chief Executive at FareShare, said: “Thank you to Booker for working with FareShare and OLIO to redistribute the equivalent of one million meals. This food is needed now more than ever and is making a huge difference to people in need across the country.

“We’ve received lots of positive feedback from our network of charities collecting food through Booker and the colleagues in Booker branches are building strong relationships with their local community thanks to this programme.”

Tessa Clarke, Co-founder & CEO at OLIO, said: “This is such an incredible milestone, as one million meals is an enormous amount of food. We’re absolutely thrilled about the impact our partnership with Booker and FareShare is having - both on the local community and the climate - and we look forward to saving many more millions of meals together.”

Catherine Marston, Head of Sustainability at Booker said: “We are delighted that our teams across the whole Booker business have worked so hard with their local partners to reach this fantastic milestone. Not allowing any edible food go to waste is something that everyone at Booker is passionate about and we are proud to be the fi rst wholesaler to work in such a collaborative way with FareShare and OLIO. Our food waste represents just 0.15% of total food handled which is market-leading. We are off to a great start with this partnership and I’m really looking forward to building on this success.”

WOMEN IN MEAT AWARDS

Booker Regional Training Manager, Lindsay Murphy was honoured at the recent Meat Management Women in Meat Awards 2021. Lindsay secured not one but two awards, winning the category for Wholesale and also the prestigious Meat Businesswoman of the Year Award - a remarkable achievement. The awards are designed to recognise the important contribution that women make to the meat sector. The judges praised Lindsay’s passion and hard work in managing Booker’s Butchery Training Programmes, which support colleagues’ development right through from starting a career in Butchery to becoming a Master Butcher. Lindsay said: “The Butchery Training Programmes sit at the heart of Booker’s exceptional butchery offer to catering customers so I am proud to play my part in ensuring we offer an outstanding range and service to our customers, and I’m delighted to have been recognised for my efforts and achievements.”