Bother
Delivering household essentials more efficiently
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Retail
- Sustainability
- London, UK
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Company mission
Bother's mission is to save people and the planet from the inefficiencies of household shopping. Bother helps the customer save time, money, carbon and waste with each purchase.
61% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
The average UK household spends over 18 hours every month on grocery shopping. In addition, travel (not including flights) is the largest carbon footprint in the average UK home, and 19% of that is journeying to and from the shops. Bother want to make a proactive long-term impact on the way we all shop.
In line with their slogan, "We Bother, so you don't have to”, Bother delivers the annoying-to-carry, bulky but necessary stuff, from toilet rolls to teabags, in a way that saves everyone time and money with the added benefits of free delivery and no subscription.
Their technology learns with each shop and predicts how often a customer uses a product at home to prevent them from running out. In addition, the company is committed to helping the environment by minimising packaging, offering eco alternatives and cutting customer’s carbon emissions (around 2.5% carbon emission reduction for the average home).
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Fully flexible and remote work (No 9-5)
- Share options
- Unlimited PTO & Compassionate leave
- Nursery Scheme
- Subsidised gym membership, monthly exercise challenges and daily mindfulness sessions
- Enhanced, gender-neutral parental leave
- Personal learning allowance
- 20% discount on all your shopping on Bother
- Financial support for fertility programmes and support for parents of children with special needs
- All Botherers - and their families - are measurably Climate Positive
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2021
$5.7m
SEED
Total funding: $5.7m
Leadership
Douglas Morton
(CEO)Previously Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific Research at Northern Trust Corporation, as well as Head of Research of Asia at Aviate Global. Completed studies in Biochemistry at University of St Andrews.