Our Good Food Procurement Group brings together catering organisations to share good practice, make contacts and learn about benefits of buying and serving good, healthy food and reducing food and packaging waste.
Large organisations like the city council and local NHS Trusts spend millions of pounds on food and catering services each year. Making changes to the way their food is produced, purchased, consumed and disposed of can bring huge benefits to people’s health, the environment and the local economy.
One million meals a month
In 2012, as part of the citywide food strategy, the Food Partnership established the Good Food Procurement Group. Our role has been to act as a hub, bringing together catering managers and chefs from different organisations to share best practice, to make new contacts and to learn about the benefits of buying and serving good food.
Twenty organisations have been involved in the group so far including local NHS Trusts, universities, the city council, primary and secondary schools, nursery meal providers, care homes, workplaces and major venues. They collectively serve well over 1 million meals a month.
Get involved
Here are some key actions we recommend catering services in Sussex can follow to improve the food provision in your organisation.
- Join the Good Food Procurement Group, contact us today.
- Adopt Brighton and Hove City Council’s Good Food Buying Standards.
- Find out how to minimise your carbon footprint from Cool Food Pro.
- Find out what you can do to tackle your food waste with Guardians of Grub.
- Demonstrate that you provide healthier catering and vending or find out if you’re eligible to go for a Healthy Choice Award.
- Support the Sussex Six campaign and put at least six locally-sourced products on your menus
- Source local and seasonal food from Sussex Suppliers.
- Apply for a Soil Association Sustainable Catering Award
- Become a Living Wage employer.
