The surplus food donated by Booker includes a range of large catering size packs, vegetables, deli and sandwich fillings as well as smaller packs of meats, fish and fruit.
Lindsay Boswell, chief executive at FareShare, said: “This food is needed now more than ever and is making a huge difference to people in need across the country. We’ve received lots of positive feedback from our network of charities collecting food through Booker and the colleagues in Booker branches are building strong relationships with their local community thanks to this programme.”
Through the FareShare Go programme, Booker sites are matched with charities and community groups in the local area that collect the items and turn them into food parcels or hot meals for the people they support.
Tessa Clarke, Co-founder and chief executive at OLIO, added: "This is such an incredible milestone, as one million meals is an enormous amount of food! We're absolutely thrilled about the impact our partnership with Booker and FareShare is having - both on the local community and the climate - and we look forward to saving many more millions of meals together."