The expert support and guidance you need
Below are a range of pdf guides providing guidance, menu ideas and associated recipes to help drive footfall, maximise margins, manage chef skill shortages and enhance the dining experience across Hospitality, Care Homes and Schools. If you'd like to learn more about the tailored support and training we can offer your business, please click on the relevant sector links at the bottom of this page.
Hospitality
In this Hospitality section you will find a range of pdf downloads providing insight, guidance, menu support and recipes to help you drive footfall, maximise revenue, and manage resource.
PLUS our new Hospitality Showcase provides an interactive guide, with insight and product recommendations across all categories, specifically for hospitality businesses.
Care homes
In this Care Home section you will find a range of pdf downloads providing 4-week menu cycles and simplified menu guidance, menu support, recipes and a number of themed menus to help you deliver consistent, nutritious, enjoyable food that meets your residents’ differing needs and truly enhances their quality of life and wellbeing.
Simplified menu cycle
Simplified one-week menu based on meal solutions and prepared ingredients.
Recipe spec sheets
Spec sheets for all Monday recipes across the four weeks NOTE – Please log in and visit here to access recipies for all of week one.
Themed menus, recipes and activities
Bring a smile to residents’ faces with a range of themed menus, recipes and activities.
How you can save money
Products selected by our care development chefs to help you reduce the impact of food-cost inflation
How you can reduce food waste
Formats and pack sizes that enable you to use the quantities you need, avoiding waste and spoilage
How you can manage labour & skill shortages
Simplified menu plan, products and dish ideas suitable for all skill levels
Education
In this Education section you will find a range of pdf downloads providing 3-week menu cycles guidance, menu support and recipes for Primary and Secondary schools, helping you deliver healthy, nutritious meals that enhance students’ energy levels, concentration, behaviour and learning, and add real value to their education.
PLUS our new Hospitality Showcase provides an interactive guide, with allergen and nutritional guidance, food plan menu support and product recommendations across all categories, specifically for Primary and Secondary Schools.
3 week menu planner
3 week menu plan and recipes to provide tasty and nutritionally balanced meals.
Hydration
Product guide to help younger children keep hydrated, prevent spillages and waste.
3 week menu planner
Practical, tasty solutions for feeding large numbers of pupils, based around dishes that are easy to decant and display, and eat safely on the move.
Hydration
An interesting selection of flavours and brands to help to keep older pupils interested and hydrated, aiding general wellbeing and concentration levels.
Food-to-Go
Simplified menu plan and product guide
Use the one-week simplified menu plan to provide a good and varied choice across the week.
Use the supporting product guide to select the appropriate ingredients to build your menu.
Recipe spec sheets
Complete recipes including ingredients list, method, nutritional and allergen information and serving suggestions for the dishes in the 7-day menu guide, created by our specialist development chefs.
7 day menu guide
Suggestions for breakfast, main meals and coffee shop to help you offer variety, choice and nutritional balance across the whole week, with options to suit your facilities and skill levels.
Tailored support and guidance for your business
Our Customer Hubs offer specialist solutions for your sector and are constantly updated by our market experts, technical and category buying teams. Whether you want support with your menus, recipe ideas, product guides or training for your kitchen team, you'll find what you need here.
Pubs
Helping you to grow sales and maximise profits in a challenging and evolving pub market.
Hotels
Supporting your all-day dining, in-room service, meetings, events and banqueting operations.
Restaurants
A complete range of food and drink from coffee shops and food-to-go to casual and fine dining.
Travel & Leisure
Products to help you deliver speed, consistency, high quality and value for money.
Education
Helping you deliver healthy, nutritious meals that add real value to students’ education.
Care & Hospitals
Products and support to meet residents’ needs and enhance their quality of life and wellbeing.
Business & Industry
Everything you need to offer a full 24-hour food and drink service to people in the workplace.
QSR
Food, drink, consumables and concepts for quick, easy solutions that fit with consumers’ busy lives.