Who are the most significant procurement service providers in the catering industry, what can they offer to you as buyers, and how can you make the most of the relationship? Public Sector Catering present an in-depth look.
Many catering operators lean heavily on the expertise of procurement service providers to not only deliver the food they need, where and when they need it, but to support them in so many other ways.
Procurement companies source the food and drink to meet a range of demands from place of origin, sustainability and animal welfare accreditation, quality and nutritional requirements, through to allergen management, special diet menus, and price.
They can handle price and availability fluctuations, meet plastic reduction requirements, and arrange deliveries to minimise food miles and greenhouse gas emissions.
In other words, when the arrangement works well, they leave caterers as free as possible to get on with the business of designing menus and the cooking and serving of tasty, nutritious meals for their customers.
In this article we’ll take a look at the services provided by the main foodservice procurement companies, and offer some ideas about how catering buyers can best make their relationship with them work.
Source: Public Sector Catering
Date: 14 April