Who can we help?
Food businesses just like yours!
We support all types and sizes of food business, from single outlet owner operated businesses all the way through to multiple outlet organisations operating across the UK. We understand the needs and variances for your specific business and can assist with anything from a no obligation benchmark, a review to identify your existing provenance on, to full tender management and ongoing compliance monitoring.
Why not try our no obligation benchmark?
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School, Independent School, College, and University catering is complicated. Ensuring a nutritious food supply for all involves more than just sustenance; it includes nutritional education, diverse menus, sustainability, community collaboration, and awareness of mental well-being, all while aiming to maintain your budget spend. But, you don’t need to do all the hard work. We can help in every aspect of your sourcing, provenance and menu balance.
We have worked with over 500 education clients all across the UK. We understand the balance between provenance and good value, price points and local tastes, parent demands and pupils' appetites, student trends and their personal budgets!
Education
Supply chain provenance in the UK Restaurant Market can be complicated and challenging to find the right balance between customer expectations, competitive edge and maintaining your budget; its complicated!
Our chef buying team has a focus on the elements businesses need, but no set, off the shelf specification. We make the specification work for you and tailor your supplier agreement to ensure you get just what you want and avoid unnecessary cost-of-provenance when you don’t need it.
Typically we are focusing on the following as a balanced exercise based on your own needs:
1. Local sourcing and seasonality: Ongoing menu adaptation to showcase local and seasonal sourcing that will likely influence a volume of menu changes across the year.
2. Certifications, labels for ethical sourcing: Seeking out certifications like organic or fairtrade for sustainable and ethical practices that can be beneficially highlight to your customers or support your price point.
3. Traceability for fully transparent supply chains: Emphasising positive ingredient traceability, sharing the journey from farm to table where is counts.
4. Customer communication with positive storytelling: Engaging new and repeat customers with positive ingredient stories, enhancing the overall appeal and dining experience.
5. Where beneficial collaborating with local producers, building local relationships: Establishing direct ties with local farmers and producers, supporting local businesses.
Understanding and highlighting your food supply chain and provenance is vital for UK restaurants; it aligns with consumer preferences and contributes to your restaurant's identity.
Hospitality, Heritage & Leisure
Working in partnerships
Care and Healthcare catering is complicated. In your food supply, the focus goes beyond mere sustenance to include therapeutic nutrition, individualised menus, sustainability, collaboration among healthcare teams, and enhancing the overall patient experience all while aiming to maintain your budget spend.
Typically we save 15% and more for our clients who choose to use this saving in differing ways, from increased nutrition on each plate, through to reinvesting in the equipment or fabric of their premises. What would you do with the savings?
Procure can do all the specialist buying work while you focus on your complex everyday business.