diff --git a/script/load_staging_baseline.sh b/script/load_staging_baseline.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a59b66d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/load_staging_baseline.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Every time staging is deployed, we load a baseline data set before running the new code's
+# migrations. This script loads the baseline data set, after first taking a backup of the
+# current database.
+
+set -e
+
+cd /home/openfoodweb/apps/openfoodweb/current
+
+echo "Stopping unicorn..."
+service unicorn_openfoodweb stop
+
+echo "Backing up current data..."
+mkdir -p db/backup
+pg_dump -h localhost -U openfoodweb openfoodweb_production |gzip > db/backup/staging-`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`.sql.gz
+
+echo "Loading baseline data..."
+dropdb -U openfoodweb -w openfoodweb_production
+createdb -U openfoodweb -w openfoodweb_production
+gunzip -c db/backup/staging-baseline.sql.gz |psql -h localhost -U openfoodweb openfoodweb_production
+
+echo "Restarting unicorn..."
+service unicorn_openfoodweb start
+
+echo "Done!"
diff --git a/script/push_to_staging.sh b/script/push_to_staging.sh
index e3a16ebb3b..c2c176bb2a 100755
--- a/script/push_to_staging.sh
+++ b/script/push_to_staging.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Add staging git remote if required
 ST2_TEST=`git remote | grep -s 'staging2' || true`
 if [[ "$ST2_TEST" != *staging2* ]]; then
     git remote add staging2 openfoodweb@ofn-staging2:apps/openfoodweb/current
 fi
 
+echo "--- Loading baseline data"
+ssh ofn-staging2 "/home/openfoodweb/apps/openfoodweb/current/script/load_staging_baseline.sh"
+
+echo "--- Pushing to staging"
 [[ $(git push staging2 $BUILDKITE_COMMIT:master --force 2>&1) =~ "Done" ]]