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Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI)

Selling to primary suppliers for the public sector

A competitive, vibrant farming sector, producing what consumers want, will see it continuing to produce the majority of our food

Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP – address to the Farming for the Future Conference, London - 19 November 2007

PSFPI related

• Selling to the public sector - a guide to the Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative for farmers and growers (PDF 650 KB)
  The leaflet explains how farmers and growers can take advantage of opportunities to supply food to the public sector either directly or indirectly via the supply chain of a primary supplier. It includes short case studies giving success stories and lists useful sources of further information and advice.
• Could you supply the public sector?
  Feature by the NFU in “British Farmer and Grower” explaining to producers how they can do business with the public sector
• Institute of Grocery and Distribution (IGD) and Food from Britain’s local sourcing guides
  • Distribution advice for regional food & drink producers - designed to help regional food and drink producers find innovative and cost effective routes to market.
  • Opening the Door for Small Business - a guide for small businesses looking to work with large food retailer and foodservice companies.
  • Growing Rural Business - a showcase of best practice showing how small producers are identifying key routes to market

• Understanding foodservice opportunities for farmers and small food producers - IGD guide
  This compliments the Institute of Grocery and Distribution's previous three "local sourcing" guides and aims to help British farmers understand the food service sector and the opportunities it provides. It also contains case studies of domestic producers who are making the sector work for them.
• Sustainable Food Procurement for Contract Caterers and Foodservice Companies - Two User Guides
  The two guides are published by Oxford Brookes University and provide simple suggestions on to how to improve sustainable food procurement performance and report on progress, with suggested Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

 

Useful links

• English Food and Farming Partnerships
  Share to Farm programme supports Share to Supplydesigned to help farmers collaborate with others to better satisfy the demand for fresher, healthier, better quality food in schools, hospitals and other public institutions.
• Business Link: import regulations in the food and drink sector
• Food and Drink Federation: database of useful sites
  
• Regional Food and Drink: database for sourcing quality regional food and drink

Further information

• PSFPI - other useful publications and sources (PDF 200 KB)

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Page last modified: 12 February 2008
Page published: 2 November 2004

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