REVOLUTIONARY PROCUREMENT AND CATERING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HELPS CATERING TEAMS INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF ‘SPEND ON THE PLATE’

The leading catering and facilities management consultancy, The Litmus Partnership, has announced the launch of their new specialist in-house food procurement and catering management system.

 

Created specifically for the education sector, Litmus Edge gives schools and Multi-Academy Trusts a range of innovative tools all housed on one platform, revolutionising the way they run their in-house food operations. It reduces procurement costs by up to 20%, unlocking essential funds to increase the amount of ‘spend on the plate’, as well as removing the need for multiple systems and cumbersome paperwork, enabling them to run their in-house kitchen and catering service in a more efficient and cost-effective manner.

 

Combining their 30 years of experience within the education sector, Litmus’ unique system brings four key benefits to schools’ complex and busy catering environments:

 

• Streamlining kitchen management processes that reduce time spent on kitchen administration by 15 hours per month on average. These include a single point of ordering and consolidated invoicing, streamlined stock management, EHO compliance management, real-time end-to-end dashboard reporting, and simplified team, task and diary management.

 

• Improved supplier management and a sector specific supply chain that reduces procurement costs by up to 20%, through access to a network of specialist suppliers and expertly negotiated prices alongside real-time benchmarking and automated price file maintenance. Schools also have the choice to manage their own existing supplier arrangements within the Edge platform.

 

• Unique food safety, allergen and compliance technology which eliminates time consuming menu management and allergen checks. There are 4000+ recipes with supplier-linked nutritional and allergen information, automated School Food Standards menu management and compliant pre-packaged for direct sale (PPDS) labelling.

 

• Easy menu planning, pre-order and payment through access to thousands of recipes and carefully crafted, seasonal menus, all available for parent and classroom pre-order, along with payment provider integration.

 

Candice Finn, Commercial Director at The Litmus Partnership, says: “We’ve supported schools with their in-house catering through our consultancy services for decades, but we’re always looking at new ways that we can robustly help our clients. We’re excited to launch Litmus Edge, a unique system, that enables schools to continue to have control of their in-house services but in a better and more efficient way. We’re already onboarding schools and anticipate demand to be high.”

 

Joe Parfitt, Education Consultancy Director at The Litmus Partnership, says: “We know the complex challenges school face when it comes to their food procurement, kitchen management and catering services. Litmus Edge enables schools to reduce their procurement costs and time spent on administrative tasks and menu management, to unlock essential funds to increase the value and spend on the plate, allow the team to focus on producing quality food and reduce production and plate waste.”

 

Education is the sector that the Litmus Partnership started in, and they have worked with thousands of schools over the past three decades. Every year, the Litmus team manage in excess of 150 Public Contract Regulated (formerly OJEU) compliant catering and cleaning tenders on behalf of UK schools, more than any other consultancy.

 

For further information on Litmus Edge please visit: https://litmuspartnership.co.uk/services/in-house-support/litmus-edge/