Oddbox: ODDBOX's expansion plans bear fruit in Scotland with help from PODFather

ODDBOX, the UK's food-waste-fighting fruit and veg box subscription service has expanded into Scotland, starting with Glasgow and Edinburgh, in its bid to rescue 150,000 tonnes of fresh produce. With delivery routes planned and tracked by PODFather, ODDBOX is looking to expand its delivery radius to nearly one million households across the Edinburgh, Glasgow, Motherwell and Paisley areas. Having started life supplying fruit and vegetables to homes across the southeast of England, ODDBOX saw sales rocket during lockdown and with expansion across England and Wales delivery volumes soon exceeded four million boxes. Expansion into Scotland will help ODDBOX achieve its goal of reducing the 66 trillion gallons of water and 8% of global greenhouse gases generated by growing food that is ultimately wasted. With PODFather forming part of the process ODDBOX can be confident that they have the efficient route plans, and paperless delivery processes in place to reduce the carbon footprint across its delivery fleet. ODDBOX's food-waste-fighting fruit and veg box delivery scheme, is responsible for rescuing over 6,440 tonnes of surplus fruit and vegetables directly from farms since 2016. Products are collected, checked, and packaged up ready for delivery to customer homes. As reported in ...