The Challenge

Imagine you're a top university concerned about the pricing you are being offered by some of your suppliers and want to source more locally. You have strict food safety requirements and complex delivery needs, which you find often exclude some of the smaller suppliers. You also need to demonstrate you are buying certain foods in accordance with the Food For Life Scheme.

The Solution

Tried & Supplied highlights a range of local suppliers who could work with your requirements and offer better pricing than your existing suppliers. The switch is made and new suppliers are onboarded with built-in ESG checks that give you complete visibility over your impact and mean you always know in advance if you are on target to achieve the required percentages of ethical produce specified by the Food For Life Scheme.

The Result

You can source 10% of your basket from local suppliers within a 10 mile radius and ensure ongoing compliance with the Food For Life Scheme, while saving as much as 30% on key product categories, such as meat. You can now plan to use the additional insight you have gained to set and monitor progress towards further targets to improve your sustainability.