Marks and Spencer is expanding a food waste scheme that sees old loaves resold as garlic bread. The retailer says it is launching the initiative at another 125 stores in April.
At the end of each day, unsold baguettes and boules – baked in-store daily – are prepared and filled with garlic butter, and then sold as frozen garlic bread from £1, with an extended shelf life of 30 days. The scheme is currently running in 253 stores and launched in 2020 following a trial.
Since then, M&S has sold 2.1m of the repurposed loaves. Two new products are also being launched as the scheme expands - San Francisco Sourdough Garlic Bread, priced £3, and West Country Cheddar and Red Leicester Garlic Cob, also £3, alongside the existing choices of a garlic baguette (£1 for a single pack or £2 per twin pack) and a boule costing £2.50.
