WAITROSE & PARTNERS FOUNDATION

How it works

The Waitrose & Partners Foundation helps improve the lives of those who grow, pick and pack our fresh produce. A portion of the fresh produce sales goes directly back into local communities. Since 2005, we’ve helped our workers and their families in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Costa Rica, The Gambia and Senegal and invested over £11 million back into community projects.

Our newest projects

The Foundation launched in Senegal and The Gambia in 2019. These countries supply some of our sweetcorn, chillies and salad onions. In 2018 we launched projects in Central America, supporting farmers that grow our Costa Rican pineapples. Look for the logo on other items like South African citrus and grapes, Ghanan mangoes and coconut and Kenyan green beans.

‘The Waitrose & Partners Foundation improves the lives of those who grow, pick and pack our produce – and I’ve seen the difference it makes.’

Nyika Brain, Partner & International Development Manager for the Waitrose & Partners Foundation