Commercial Retail Case Study

GAIL’s sustainable ethos runs through the very heart of its brand from the food they create to the materials they use in its properties.

GAIL’s use seasonal ingredients, buy local where possible, and reuse offcuts from a variety of ingredients to make its Waste Not Range alongside a waste-less sourdough made from yesterday’s leftover bread. They also donate surplus food to local charities.

The GAIL’s property team was already reusing and upcycling found and existing materials in their buildings and looking for more sustainable building materials. Materials like Graphenstone clean paint, Tarkett vinyl floors and C2C tiles are standard.

Gail’s Bakeries are doing all they can to minimise their carbon footprint. As part of ther Net Zero plan, Gail’s have specified Graphenstone paints across the whole Gail’s Bakery estate. To date over 20 bakeries have used Graphenstone as part of a refurbishment or new store programme, with plenty more in the pipeline.

Graphenstone was chosen for:
• CO2e savings
• CO2 absorption
• Durability & Washability – Wet Scrub Class 1
• Overall environmental credentials

Products used Ambient Pro+ and GrafClean Matt

20+Number of bakeries- including Henley, Epping, Radlett, Hawley Wharf

CO₂(e) Saving * Approx 1 tonne
* CO2e Saving is an approximate saving based on the EPD figures of a leading competitor.
** CO2 Absorption based on 5kg CO2 absorbed per 15 litre tub of Ambient Pro+