As economic headwinds continue, all caterers face the uphill task of managing costs while maintaining high standards. For care home operators, the challenge is even more intense. Care homes typically operate on tighter margins than other caterers, often while facing higher fixed costs, and with greater legal responsibilities. Many residents have a complex range of
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Operators who can move fast to change their Christmas menus in response to shifts in price and availability will be in the strongest trading position this year, advises hospitality buying specialist Lynx Purchasing. That could mean substituting beef for turkey, offering sea bass or sea bream as an alternative to salmon, or switching the seasonal
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At the best of times, predicting customer behaviour is as much an art as it is a science, and as the hospitality sector approaches what should be its busiest time of the year, that’s more true in 2023 that ever. People planning their budgets for seasonal eating out with friends, family and colleagues in the
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Lynx Purchasing has recognised the exceptional hard work and commitment of the leading industry suppliers it works with, with awards for those who have excelled over the past year announced at the third annual Supplier Performance Evaluation and Recognition Awards – or SPEAR Awards. Held during the annual Lynx Purchasing Supplier Conference, this year’s awards
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High quality produce with a focus on the best of British is a key opportunity for hospitality businesses to thrive beyond the cost-of-living crisis, says hospitality buying specialist Lynx Purchasing. “There are some very difficult choices for operators ahead,” says Rachel Dobson, Lynx Purchasing managing director. “It’s either keeping menu prices low, or serving high
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While no hospitality or catering business really needs reminding that the food and drink supply chain can be volatile, the pictures of empty supermarket shelves in the fresh produce aisle, widely seen on TV and in the papers earlier this year, put the challenges firmly in front of a much wider audience. A complex set
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Hospitality operators may have to accept that paying higher prices for food and drink is the only sustainable way to secure supplies of fresh and seasonal produce from UK farmers, says hospitality buying specialist Lynx Purchasing As Lynx Purchasing publishes the Spring/Summer 2023 edition of its regular Market Forecast, it is warning that the problems
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For many chefs, there is a traditional start-of-shift ritual firing up the oven, as much to get some heat into a chilly kitchen as it is to be ready to start preparing for the day’s orders. Old habits and bad practices can easily get in the way of savings and efficiency drives, but so can
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If you think having an extensive menu means making extra profit, think again. In the current climate, the simpler your menu options, the more you can achieve sustainable profit margins in these difficult times. Here’s why and how… Engineered to deliver Simplifying your food offering is known as ‘Menu Engineering’ and it’s catching on across
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From avian flu to the sterling crisis, the challenges facing the hospitality sector mean operators need to plan and cost Christmas menus as soon as possible, warns buying specialist Lynx Purchasing. As Lynx Purchasing publishes the Autumn/Winter 2022 edition of its regular Market Forecast, hospitality businesses face the challenge of forecasting the impact of fragile
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