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Simply Doughnuts:
Sustainability in Action

Sustainability and resource efficiency have always been at the heart of our work.

Our principal reason for investing so intensively in the development of longer shelf-life technologies was always waste-minimisation: the desire to reduce waste in the form of food, packaging, energy and any other limited resource.

That research continues, and we are intent on extending the same long-life technologies to other food products in the future.

But we aren’t stopping there. We’ve streamlined our supply chain to prioritise local suppliers wherever feasible – suppliers of everything from jams to packaging, training to logistics. This helps to reduce ‘road miles’ at every stage and minimises associated carbon emissions.

Rows of Classic Mini Ring Doughnuts, and a hand picking one up

Examples of other recent measures:

  • Encouraging the use of larger reusable bulk containers by our suppliers
  • Developing new packaging that requires less plastic (all fully recyclable)
  • Moving to more energy efficient lighting and heating systems in our factory, including the use of PIR sensors
  • Re-engineering processes to minimise waste-water and waste ingredients
  • Reduced process waste by 15%
  • Diverted 100% of waste from landfill
  • Joined Sedex to gain access to industry benchmark data, and to learn ‘best practice’ lessons from other manufacturers via case studies and member feedback
  • Became a member of RSPO to demonstrate our support of its aims and principles regarding the sustainable use of palm oil.
  • Invested in new research into vegan products and even longer shelf-lives

We have a continuous improvement culture, and we encourage all our staff and suppliers to come
forward with any new ideas for reducing our environmental impacts. Some of their previous
suggestions are now part of our standard operating procedures.

In 2022, Simply Doughnuts was named the Sustainable / Ethical Manufacturer of the Year at the Made in the North West Awards, and we were also a finalist in The Grocer Gold Awards, in the ‘Waste Not Want Not’ category.

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UK Head Office

Simply Doughnuts Limited
6 Ordnance Street
Furthergate Industrial Estate
Blackburn BB1 3AE

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European Office

Harcourt Centre
Block 4, Harcourt Road
Dublin 2
D02 HW77

Company number

  • 08053274

VAT number

  • 137617111

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