Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH) in North Surrey joined forces with procurement company Avendra International to ‘transform’ the catering department.
The challenge
Many NHS Trusts face challenges with traditional procurement frameworks that rely on a limited number of national suppliers - offering limited flexibility, choice, or innovation.
Sysco GB companies M&J Fresh Seafood and Brakes have been awarded the 2025 Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) UK Foodservice Supplier of the Year award. They have now won the award in 11 of the past 12 years.
As part of its business strategy, Sysco GB says it is committed to displaying leadership across all aspects of sustainability, which includes responsible sourcing.
With more than 120 MSC-certified lines available, the company continues to raise awareness and promote the importance of the quality standard to its customers.
Bisto has introduced a fully-recyclable packaging format across its foodservice range, saving almost 1,000kg of cardboard and 5.6 tonnes of plastic from entering the value chain each year.
The FSC-certified cardboard cases for Bisto’s Original, Poultry, Reduced Salt and Vegetarian Gravy Granules have each been reduced in height by 20mm.
This week at the 2025 Healthcare Catering Live conference in Birmingham, apetito, the leading provider of healthcare meals, unveiled its brand-new vision for hospital staff and visitor dining, introducing a selection of innovative concepts to attendees aiming to elevate catering across healthcare settings.
With over 25 years of delivering high-quality, nutritious meals that support patient recovery, the meals provider is now expanding beyond the bedside - introducing flexible catering solutions set to redefine the future of staff and visitor dining.
Sysco GB, the UK’s largest foodservice supplier, has introduced a programme to support night workers across its British business.
Recent research highlighted the challenges night shift workers face such as poor nutrition, sleep disorders and mental health issues. In response to this, Sysco has created a programme to support colleagues working through the night, helping to create a better and healthier experience of overnight working.
Healthcare meals provider Apetito has refreshed its extensive range of patient meals with some brand-new products to enhance menus this autumn.
This expansion sees additions across its core multiportion, CarteChoix and Specialist Nutrition ranges. Apetito has introduced a Fajita Chicken Mix, featuring a combination of diced chicken, grilled peppers and red onion in a mildly spiced fajita seasoning.
Sysco GB has acquired Fairfax Meadow, one of the UK’s leading catering butchers, from Hilton Foods in a deal worth £54m.
The acquisition is part of Sysco’s strategy to grow its centre plate of proposition and become the UK’s leading fresh market supplier to the foodservice sector.
Brakes has launched ‘Countdown to Christmas’, designed to help operators to make the most of the festive period with a range of new products, offers and supporting activity.
Spearheading the festive campaign are more than 130 new lines including premium desserts such as Chantilly Patisserie Jaffa Orange Dome and innovative ingredients like Browns BBQ Shredded Turkey and Cranberry. There is also a new range of Christmas-focussed tapas-style sharing dishes to help operators capitalise on the trend of social eating.
Wiltshire Farm Foods, the home meals delivery service, has announced the appointment of Vicky Cojeen as its new managing director.
Cojeen joins from Jordans Dorset Ryvita, where she was marketing and research & development director and a member of the executive team for the past eight years. She has previously held senior roles with Cadbury and other well-known household brands.
Compass One’s Cuisine Centre has achieved the Green Kitchen Standard certification for their sustainable kitchen practices – the first production kitchen to receive this accolade.
The certification, awarded by the Soil Association, recognises caterers that are taking positive steps to sustainably manage energy, water and waste. The Soil Association aims to ‘transform’ the way people eat, farm and care for the natural world.
