We work closely with our network of nationwide suppliers to provide you with a full range of food and drink products to make cooking meals simple, fresh and delicious for your students. There are over 40 food suppliers we work with, many of which you’ll already know and trust including: • Brakes • Freshfayre • Love Joes • Hopwells • Thomas Ridley This DPS covers everything from: • Fresh and frozen food • Groceries • Fruit and veg • Baked goods • Fresh and cooked meat • Soft drinks • Confectionery and everything in between Our team are on-hand to offer you support and guidance when setting up your contracts.
Category 1 - Groceries Suitable for customers who wish to buy a range of premium branded or Foodservice branded general grocery items to include (but not limited to): • Ambient food products • Packaged and tinned goods • Soft drinks and bottled water, including premium products • Confectionery and pre-wrapped snacks, including premium products • Products suitable for making hot beverages Category 2 – Frozen Food Suitable for customers who wish to buy a range of frozen food products including (but not limited to): • Frozen fruit and vegetables • Frozen meat and poultry products • Frozen fish products • Frozen pizza • Frozen bread products • Frozen desserts and ice cream • Other frozen foods Category 3 – Ready-Made Meals Suitable for customers who wish to buy a range of frozen or fresh ready-made meals including (but not limited to): • Ready-made meals (including plated meals) • Dietary specific ready meals including ethnic and cultural requirements • Ready-made inpatient meals, for example modified texture ready meals • Custody suite ready-made meals • Meals suitable for the care sector Category 4 – Meal Concepts Suitable for customers who wish to buy a range of branded meal concept foods and street food themed items; these products may also include complementary catering disposables and serving equipment to give a cohesive, brand consistent feel. These may include (but are not limited to): • Sauces suitable for combining with cooked pasta, rice or noodles. Pasta, noodles and rice suitable for combining with these sauces • Fillings suitable for combining with wraps, other bread products and jacket potatoes. Wraps (plain and flavoured) and jacket potatoes (cooked or uncooked) suitable for combining with these fillings • Pizza bases and toppings • Sauces and dressings to complement these foods • Themed serving equipment, catering disposables and accessories to complement these foods Category 5 – Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Suitable for customers who wish to buy a range of fresh fruit and vegetables, to include (but not limited to): • Fresh fruit • Fresh vegetables • Pre-packed prepared fresh fruit • Pre-packed prepared fresh vegetables Category 6 – Dairy, Chilled and Delicatessen Foods Suitable for customers who wish to buy a range of dairy, chilled and delicatessen foods. These may include (but are not limited to): • Milk • Chilled yoghurts • Processed dairy products • Chilled sandwich fillings • Chilled delicatessen products Category 7 – Fresh and Cooked Meat Suitable for customers who wish to buy a range of fresh and cooked meat products. These include (but are not limited to): • Fresh and cooked meats • Fresh and cooked poultry • Game • Sausage • Bacon • Processed meat-based items Category 8 – Bakery Goods Suitable for customers who wish to buy a range of fresh bakery products and morning goods. These may include (but are not limited to): • Fresh bread and bread products • Fresh pastry products • Fresh cakes, cookies, doughnuts, scones etc. • Other products baked fresh • Premium cakes/gateaux suitable for resale Category 9 – Fresh Ready-Made Sandwiches, Wraps and Food To Go Suitable for customers who wish to buy a range of fresh sandwiches, wraps and food to go. These may include (but are not limited to): • Ready-made sandwiches and wraps • Premium sandwich products suitable for resale • Associated bread filled products • Boxed salads, pasta salads etc. • Savouries etc. Category 10 – Fresh and Chilled Fish and Seafood Suitable for customers who wish to buy a range of fresh and chilled fish and seafood products. These may include (but are not limited to): • Fresh and chilled salmon, cod and haddock • Other fresh and chilled fish types • Fresh and chilled seafood • Processed fresh and chilled fish-based products e.g. fishcakes Category 11 – Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages Suitable for customers who wish to buy a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Bar equipment such as draught pumps, glassware etc. may also be procured using this category if required. Products may include (but are not limited to): • Draught lagers, beers, ales and ciders • Bottled lagers, beers, ales and ciders • Wines • Spirits • Non-alcoholic alternatives, soft drinks, bottled water and mixers • Associated bar equipment Category 12 – Multiple Product Category Mix Suitable for customers who have requirements for different categories of food products and who would prefer to deal with a single supplier/provider. Suppliers/providers who are awarded onto two or more of the other eleven categories have the option to be added to Category 12.
Category 1 – Groceries: A G Barr Bidfood Blakemore Brakes Country Valley Creeds Eden Springs Ewood Foods Freshfayre G C Birchall Kent Frozen Food Limited JJ Foodservice Juiceworks Maix Vending Maxpax Limited Melitta Moby Foods R Hannah & Sons Ralph Livesey Stuart Foods T C Meats The Heavenly Coffee Company Thomas Ridley Trevors Warehouses Ltd Category 2 – Frozen Foods: Bidfood Blakemore Brakes Chicken Joes Country Valley Creeds Ewood Foods G C Birchall Hopwells Ltd J W Young JJ Foodservice Kent Frozen Food Limited Le Kitchen Divas Ltd Lower Hurst Organic Midland Foods Moby Foods N H Case R Hannah & Sons Ralph Livesey Stuarts Foods T C Meats Thomas Ridley Trevors Warehouses Ltd William White Meats Yearsleys Category 3 – Ready Made Meals: Anglia Crown Apetito Bidfood Creeds Freshfayre Icare Kent Frozen Food Limited Le Kitchen Divas Ltd N H Case Pasta King Thomas Ridley Yearsleys Category 4 – Meal Concepts: Bidfood Blakemore Chicken Joes Creeds Ewood Foods Freshfayre JJ Foodservice Kent Frozen Food Limited Le Kitchen Divas Ltd Moby Foods N H Case Pasta King Thomas Ridley Category 5 – Fresh Fruit and Vegetables: Arthur Brett Catering Ltd Blakemore Brakes Creeds G C Birchall G W Price IDC Ltd Kent Frozen Food Limited Ralph Livesey Stuarts Foods Thomas Ridley Category 6 – Dairy, Chilled and Delicatessen Foods: Arthur Brett Catering Ltd Bidfood Blakemore Brakes Cleggs Country Valley Creeds Ewood Foods Fresh Pastures Freshfayre G C Birchall G W Price IDC Ltd JJ Foodservice Juiceworks Kent Frozen Food Limited Moby Foods Pasta King Ralph Livesey Stuarts Foods T C Meats Thomas Ridley Town Head Farm Trevors Warehouses Ltd Category 7 – Fresh and Cooked Meat: Bidfood Blakemore Brakes Chicken Joes Cleggs Country Valley Creeds Ewood Foods Freshfayre G C Birchall IDC Ltd J W Young James Burrows JJ Foodservice Kent Frozen Food Limited Midland Foods Moby Foods Ralph Livesey Stuarts Foods T C Meats Thomas Ridley Trevors Warehouses Ltd William White Meats Salvatori Food Services Category 8 – Bakery Goods: Arthur Brett Catering Ltd Bidfood Brakes Coultons Bread Creeds Fresh Pastures Freshfayre GC Birchall Ltd G W Price IDC Ltd Kent Frozen Food Limited Le Kitchen Divas Ltd Morris Quality Bakers R Hannah & Sons Stuarts Foods Whites Bakeries Category 9 – Fresh Ready-Made Sandwiches, Wraps and Food to Go: Fresh Food for Now Kent Frozen Food Limited Le Kitchen Divas Ltd On a Roll Sandwiches Raynor Foods Tiffin Sandwiches Category 10 – Fresh and Chilled Fish and Seafood: IDC Ltd Kent Frozen Food Limited Category 11 – Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages: AG Barr Bidfood Blakemore Eden Springs Ewood Foods GC Birchall Ltd Juiceworks Kent Frozen Food Limited Le Kitchen Divas Ltd Melitta R Hannah & Sons The Heavenly Coffee Company The Whent Ltd Thomas Ridley Ultramar Caffe Slr