Crafty Old Birds

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Crafty Old Birds Sustainability Actions

Donated surplus food

Birds Bakery says it gives leftover food to local food banks instead of throwing it away. It names groups such as Doorways Derby, StreetSafe, and Notts Walker as partners that collect produce from stores every day. This is a practical way to cut food waste and help local people at the same time. Food waste matters because it can create extra greenhouse gases when it ends up in landfill.

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Used Too Good To Go

The bakery says it uses the Too Good To Go app, which lets customers buy surplus food at a lower price near the end of the day. In the last 12 months mentioned on the page, it says this saved 62,706 meals and 170 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Too Good To Go is a food-waste app that helps shops sell food that would otherwise be thrown away.

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Sourced ingredients locally

Birds says it uses locally sourced ingredients where it can. It gives examples such as milk and butter from Derbyshire, cream from Staffordshire, and strawberries from Nottinghamshire. Shorter supply chains can sometimes mean fewer transport emissions, though the page does not give full data on the carbon savings. The company presents this as part of its effort to lower its footprint.

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Looked at renewable energy

The bakery says its teams have been working on renewable energy sources to help power its machines. Renewable energy means power from sources like wind or solar instead of fossil fuels. The page does not say how much energy has already been switched, but it shows that energy use is part of the company’s sustainability work.

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Reduced waste and packaging

Birds says it is looking at packaging and how much waste it creates as part of its wider environmental work. It also says it is checking ingredients and energy use because all of these affect its carbon footprint. The page does not give exact targets or results for packaging changes, but it shows that waste reduction is part of its current approach.

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