Food Procurement

Smarter Food Sourcing

We support schools working with our colleagues in Procure, in managing every aspect of food sourcing from finding reliable suppliers and navigating tendering processes to ensuring compliance with school food standards, budgets, and sustainability goals.

  • When it’s time to explore the market, we provide clear, structured support to ensure any suppliers to the school are reputable, resilient and provide the necessary traceability, all while keeping things simple and manageable for your team.

  • We’ll help you define what good service looks like with easy-to-understand specifications. These provide a clear benchmark so that everyone knows what’s expected – and how success will be measured. 

  • By comparing your current service with national standards and best practices, we help you see where things are working well and where there may be opportunities to improve or save money. 

    • Providing a collaborative, hands-on approach

    • Being your on-call SME to support the management of your suppliers

    • Working alongside your team to deliver continuous improvement

The Mead Educational Trust 

“Matriculate provided focused and highly organised tender project management and were approachable and professional.”

Ready to optimise your school food procurement?

Helping you secure better quality ingredients at the best possible value.

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