Green Purchasing

As a leader of Food to Go within the UK, we understand that sustainability does not start with us.

That is why our purchasing team have implemented a new policy called ‘Green Purchasing’ This aims to:

• Reduce transportation costs

• Bolster local economy

• Promote a green image for our suppliers (this includes the basics such as recycling, reducing waste, energy efficiency and reducing the IT footprint. Then we have more in-depth concerns such as green marketing and communications, green business travel and green employee benefits)

• Reduce generic waste

• Reduce hazardous waste

• Forge relationships with other local businesses

• Choose environmentally friendly products

• Use minimal packaging

• Transport products via ground instead of air

Promoting Sustainable Supplier Quality Assurance

As a growing business in the UK, we maintain supplier quality assurance and ultimately reduce and eliminate the potential risk.

We require various certificates to ensure we are using quality & safe ingredients. Below is a selection of required certificates:

• Acrylamide

• Trans Fats

• Allergens

• GM

• Nuts

• Sustainably sourced palm oil

These are all verified through audits and accreditations from our Technical & Quality Assurance Teams.

We work with our suppliers on innovation, fair labour conditions, environmental stewardship and help our clients to establish a risk-based procurement practice. This is achieved by the following:

• Map the supply chain

• Communicate expectations

• Baseline supplier performance

• Performance improvement plan