The Social Responsibility Report is titled Here for NZ and outlines Foodstuffs' progress and commitment to four major social promises. To support every New Zealander to access healthy and affordable food, create meaningful work, support local communities to thrive and be industry leaders in sustainability were the four goals announced in 2021.
"From the tremendous efforts of our owner-operators and their teams to the people in our support functions across the nation, we recognise the importance of our role as a locally owned cooperatives in looking after New Zealand and its future. This report is a real demonstration of our responsibility we have to our people and planet," said Mary Devine, CEO of Foodstuffs South Island.
The two cooperatives proudly employ 36,000 people nationwide and are pleased to share the work they have been working together to achieve;
More than 19,000 New World Family2Family bags were donated to those in need.
The first PAK'canSAVE donated $200,000 and 80,000 cans of food.
The equivalent of 6.3 million meals was donated through food rescue partnerships.
Energy efficient stores had a 40 percent reduction in energy consumption.
A total of 85 percent of retail in-store and 95 percent of own brands packaging became reusable, recyclable, or home compostable.
"I'm in awe of how our teams across the country came together, more resolutely than ever, to look after our customers and their communities in the last 12 months. As a 100 percent locally owned and operated cooperative, we remain focused on delivering value and affordability to our customers every day," said Chirs Quinn, CEO of Foodstuffs North Island.
This year saw Foodstuffs build on the success of its Social Supermarket initiative, which reimagines the traditional food bank. They are also rolling out the use of reusable pallet wrap 'Green Spider' in distribution stores.
"Our people genuinely consider how they can help us achieve our ambitious goals as a business and often come up with ingenious new works of working and initiatives for us to trial across our business," said Quinn.
The full report can be found on the Foodstuffs website.
