In Germany 18 million tons of perfectly good food is simply dumped every year. SIRPLUS, the country’s first supermarket selling groceries that would otherwise be disposed of as garbage, is campaigning against this waste of food.

SIRPLUS currently already operates three so-called “rescue supermarkets” in Berlin, where the groceries are returned to the food cycle for sale in the shop or for home delivery. By 2022 a total of 35 SIRPLUS stores are to be opened throughout Europe.

The vision of the “food saviours” is to rescue five million tons of food from the garbage bin over the next ten years.

The social impact start-up markets all kinds of food that can no longer be sold in the conventional way – for example because vegetables are misshapen or the sell-by date of products has been reached, or simply because too much of something has been produced.

In addition to providing logistical support in the form of shipping online orders, DPD also promotes the sustainable SIRPLUS approach among its own employees.

DPD and SIRPLUS offer interested employees not only “rescue boxes” and online subscriptions, but also a trip to Berlin. There DPD employees can gain an impression of how modern grocery rescue works at first hand.

DPD accordingly endorses the declared aim of SIRPLUS to create greater awareness and appreciation of food, together with more sustainable supplies.