COMPANY Shop members in St Helens have saved £6,700,603 collectively on their shopping this year.

Figures also demonstrate how the St Helens store has saved 2,368 tonnes of perfectly-good food, drink and household products from needlessly going to waste, helping to generate the equivalent of 5,637,156 meals for the local community.

The same positive impact has been delivered for members across the Group’s further 13 Company Shop stores and 12 Community Shops in England and Scotland, with the unique retail model collectively saving UK shoppers £121 million on their food bills – up by £21 million on last year.

Membership for Company Shop stores is completely free and lasts a lifetime.

It is open to those working in FMCG manufacturing and logistics; the NHS and emergency services; social care; prison services; British Armed Forces; employees and volunteers for charities, and those on means-tested benefits amongst others, helping the power of surplus food to reach where it has the most benefit.

Craig Greenall, Regional Store Manager at Company Shop St Helens, said: “We are so proud to have been able to save so many members in St Helens so much money in the past 12 months; we know how much of a difference it makes for families.

“We are committed to making sure that every day, our shelves are stacked with high-quality surplus food and household products from brands that our members love at deeply-discounted prices.

“The dual benefit of Company Shop’s model means that we can help our members to both stretch their budgets slightly and do something good for the planet by preventing good food from going to waste.

“We would love to see those who qualify for our free membership sign up online or by visiting our store, to see first-hand the huge impact Company Shop can have for them.”