As a Generous Business, it’s important to us that we do our part to help reduce food waste. We sell our short dated stock – stock with less than 6 months shelf life that we can no longer sell to stockists – for £2.59. They would usually cost £8. These bags contain 4 bags of our ready to eat quinoa and in buying them, you know that you’re also helping cut down unnecessary waste. We sell these magic bags with the help of Too Good To Go. Have you heard of them? They’re an amazing app which helps connect consumers...

Have you heard about the Generous Revolution? Since Quinola was founded by James in 2011, we’ve always done our best to be radically generous. But what does it really mean?We’re on a mission to show that businesses can have a positive impact on people, society and the environment. We want to show that by being generous we can make the world a better place. You can learn more about our generous revolution by clicking here.But, we know we’re not the only ones to think like this and that’s why we decided to introduce you to more generous businesses. Let’s start with...

Food doesn’t just appear on the supermarket shelves. It has to be grown by hard working farmers. Without these farming communities, a lot of the food we consume simply wouldn’t be produced. It’s important to us at Quinola that the farmers get fair pay for the work they do. More than 80% of our products are made using Fairtrade quinoa from our Peruvian cooperatives. More and more companies are now starting to take note of where their produce comes from. Sourcing these ingredients ethically and sustainably is becoming just as important as turning a profit and this is one of...

Plastic is the current bad boy of the environment, and yet for all ready to eat solutions it is by far the most carbon-friendly packaging available. The alternatives are glass containers or metal cans both of which use up significantly more energy to make, to transport empty and add significant weight to the finished product contributing to the carbon footprint of transporting the finished goods. Our ready to eat solutions are also very efficient in the energy used to cook them. Think of it like this – 4000 pouches being cooked perfectly in one batch as opposed to 4000 individual...