Tomorrow's Bites with Andrés and Sjacco One App That Saves 100 Million Delicious Meals? - The Fascinating Story Of Olio App with Co-Founder Tessa Clarke
What do you do when you're told to throw away perfectly good food, and can’t bring yourself to do it?
For Tessa Clarke, it sparked a revolution. What started as a WhatsApp group between 12 neighbors became Olio, a platform that has now saved over 100 million meals from going to waste. The twist is that is getting retailers to pay to do it!
In this episode of Tomorrow’s Bites, Tessa shares how growing up as a farmer’s daughter instilled in her a pathological hatred of food waste, and how a single moving-day crisis led her to build one of the world’s most successful community food-sharing platforms.
We explore:
- The surprising truth about where most food waste actually happens (hint: it’s not restaurants)
- Why people are eager to share food, but need the right tools
- How Olio trains 135,000+ volunteers to collect and redistribute surplus food
- Why sustainability alone won’t sell and how Olio changed their pitch to win over retailers
- How a minimalist MVP mindset helped them scale to millions
And much more...
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