Raise a Toast: Waste bread brewer scoops £2m from high profile backers

Michael Holder
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Toast Ale makes beer from surplus bread | Credit: Toast Ale
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Toast Ale makes beer from surplus bread | Credit: Toast Ale

Investors include beer giant Heineken, former Unilever boss Paul Polman, and the National Geographic Society

Social enterprise brewery Toast is raising a glass in celebration today after securing £2m of investment from a group of high profile backers, including the National Geographic Society, Heineken International,...

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