Ian Wright CBE, chief executive of FDF, said: “Every year, the FDF Awards is inundated with high calibre entries from across our industry. For 2020 the judging was particularly challenging, as every single entrant played a crucial role in feeding our country during the pandemic.
“We should all be immensely proud of the way in which food and drink - at all points in the supply chain, from farm to fork - has responded. In manufacturing facilities, in stores and distribution centres and on farms, our people have been the hidden heroes of this most testing year.”
The 2020 FDF Award winners included:
- Community Partner - The Bread and Butter Thing: The Bread and Butter Thing is a charity making a real difference to the lives of thousands of families by delivering weekly produce bags, sourced from surplus food and non-food items. This is done at minimal cost to members via community hubs across the area, helping to make their lives more affordable while encouraging them to eat better.
- Hidden Hero (Individual) - Erika Burany, Unilever UK & Ireland: Erika has led the creation of several free resources and activity kits to support the physical and mental wellbeing of care home residents during Covid-19. These included ‘Hydration Kits’, recipe books and guides to video calling so residents could stay digitally connected with friends and family.
- Sustainable Packaging Initiative - Little Freddie Organic Baby & Toddler Food: Little Freddie is the UK’s first baby food brand to recycle all baby food pouches, from any brand, with zero waste to landfill closed-loop recycling technology. So far, the scheme has saved over 550,000 pouches from going to landfill since it launched in November 2018.
The 2021 FDF Awards have already launched and categories close on 28 February 2021. For more information, and to apply, visit the FDF website: http://www.fdf.org.uk/fdf-awards.aspx.