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Kind helpful wonderful happy Welsh people 🏴😃🥰😃🥰😃🥰
Nothing needs to go to waste
Great app, conquering waste one collection at a time
Great idea, but search results way off at times
The app can give v random results.
Sideboard
We collected a sideboard from a really nice couple who couldn’t have been more helpful or welcoming.
We would like to thank them and wish them well👍👍
We would like to thank them and wish them well👍👍
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Not showed for collection
Great communication
All great. Clear direction and great items
Michelle
i’m am so glad to be part of the olio community
i feed the homeless with a lot of the food i collect and get to keep some for me and my family which really helps out with the cost of living
thank you olio you are fabulous
i feed the homeless with a lot of the food i collect and get to keep some for me and my family which really helps out with the cost of living
thank you olio you are fabulous
Good idea
Great idea, I’ve used this app for just over 6months and in different areas of London.
In this time I’ve found 60% of the people you meet genuinely care about their community and try to give back by weekly uploading free things you can request.
The other 40% are the problem: Some request a 5* rating for doing very little and some give poor ratings just because your rating is higher than theirs and others will read you message hours after you’ve sent it and try to make it out that you’ve done something wrong. The only way around this is to block the people who are ruining the app. There’s always that 40% who’ll happily turn a good thing into a bad because they are bored. Shame.
In this time I’ve found 60% of the people you meet genuinely care about their community and try to give back by weekly uploading free things you can request.
The other 40% are the problem: Some request a 5* rating for doing very little and some give poor ratings just because your rating is higher than theirs and others will read you message hours after you’ve sent it and try to make it out that you’ve done something wrong. The only way around this is to block the people who are ruining the app. There’s always that 40% who’ll happily turn a good thing into a bad because they are bored. Shame.
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Olio’s approach to Food Heroes: Discipline & Punishment
I have been a Food Hero for years, always trying to share as widely as possible.
Yet Olio recently suspended my account without warning, apparently because I shared food in a public place without a kitchen or fridge. The location was less than a two-minute walk from the store and close to my friend’s flat, where I could refrigerate the food if needed. Taking it home first would have meant at least an hour’s travel, making the public location arguably safer and more practical.
After years of hard work and goodwill, one alleged mistake led to suspension, with no warning or chance to explain.
Olio seems more interested in disciplining and punishing Food Heroes than supporting them.
Yet Olio recently suspended my account without warning, apparently because I shared food in a public place without a kitchen or fridge. The location was less than a two-minute walk from the store and close to my friend’s flat, where I could refrigerate the food if needed. Taking it home first would have meant at least an hour’s travel, making the public location arguably safer and more practical.
After years of hard work and goodwill, one alleged mistake led to suspension, with no warning or chance to explain.
Olio seems more interested in disciplining and punishing Food Heroes than supporting them.
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Bread
Received the bread in good condition and able to collect with times agreed. Thank you Madeleine.
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Very kind, polite and punctual.
Lovely
D was very friendly and kind.
Thank you D
Thank you D
Fee
I love the Olio App. Meet so many nice people. I often share my collection with friends. Everybody so helpful and we are all doing good. I hate waste
Very nice helping needy
It’s very good and really helpful to reduce waste food and help people
Really easy to use
I use this app regularly and it’s a fantastic way to keep quality food from being dumped into landfill and the best bit is, there’s no money required. The volunteers are amazing and will always offer extra food. Everyone should be on this app if you care about the environment and like a freebie. And who doesn’t?
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New best app
Brilliant app just discovered so helpful for anyone struggling
Can’t even sign up
Click sign up, no magic link received, checked spam, junk, everywhere, no email.
Even if i have an old account,I want able to access it.
Can’t review the app until i can use it.
Improve the system guys.
Even if i have an old account,I want able to access it.
Can’t review the app until i can use it.
Improve the system guys.
Lovely, trustworthy
Super pleasant family, Riddah was very pleasant and kind. Great experience
She kept me aware of the time and all went smoothly 💕🙏🏻
She kept me aware of the time and all went smoothly 💕🙏🏻
Distance
Location of pick ups are quite far from what I see on their respective profile.
Not really accessible for those with disabilities and those who don’t have a car
Honestly I’ve really enjoyed using app but there’s just some things that doesn’t sit right with me. For a starter some of the sellers arrange you HOURS after you said you were available. The times they put are also rediculous and short and most of them post at 9pm and expect you to show up shortly before 9:30 which is rediculous when most people using this app sleep at that time or are travelling using slow public transport. I have a disability and being so is harder then it seems and this was genuinely a reminder. trying to be eco friendly and pick up left over food hasn’t been a problem for me besides the fact that most of the sellers have REALLY SMALL strict times you can pick up with them and then if I have “before 10-11pm “ even if you show up before that they still aren’t available as I’ve seen when I’ve ran into the issue myself and was given a one star review. The sellers are also ignorant and not very understanding if you have to cancel an order because of your disability and leave you a one star. Not only that but you can’t tell who’s given you 1 star nor who’s giving you five which I think is good but not very fair. Not to mention I can’t even cancel myself it always has to be the seller that does which gives them the key to cancel and give me one star even if I’ve done nothing wrong.
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