August Customer Newsletter – Food

We are excited to offer you a great range of promotions for August and September from Nestlé UK, Britvic, Walkers and KP Snacks.

Nestlé is home to an extended range of brands from global icons to local favourites, offering foods and beverages like KitKat, Aero and more.

Britvic is a dynamic soft drinks company, offering consumers a range of family favourite and global premium brands.​

Walkers is a well-loved British snack food manufacturer known primarily for its potato crisps. It’s the largest crisp production plant in the world, located in Leicester. ​

KP Snacks creates all kinds of savoury snacks including many of the most iconic British snack brands. ​

See our Useful Links section for more information on these new promotions.

To hear all the latest news from NHS Supply Chain – across all categories, including Food – please follow us on LinkedIn.

Our posts on LinkedIn will take you to our exciting new articles on the website about upcoming launches and free training events in your area.

Please feel free to comment or re-post the Food updates, we’d love to hear from you.

See our Useful Links section to follow us on LinkedIn.

We’re thrilled to announce a new set of event dates in September and October for our free Culinary Training in London, Bristol, Darlington and Northampton.  

See our Useful Links section to view dates and locations of the Culinary Events in your local area.

This innovative program offers attendees the chance to develop their culinary skills across operations, nutrition, teamwork and more.

Attendees will also get the chance to put their skills into practice through live demonstrations and hands-on cooking sessions as well as network with industry-experts and culinary professionals.

See our Useful Links section to complete our Enquiry Form and sign up to the Chefs Academy or Skills Academy events or register future interest by providing your name, trust name, contact number and email address.

Sign up today. 

If you would like to attend an event but you can’t see an upcoming event in your region then please do get in touch, as we can look at your location for future events.

Free Upcoming NHS Catering Training Events
30 Sep	Chefs Academy Bristol, Pony and Trap Culinary School
7 Oct	Skills Academy Northampton College
8 Oct	Chefs Academy Northampton College
13 Oct	Skills Academy University West London
14 Oct	Chefs Academy University West London
29 Oct	Skills Academy Darlington College
30 Oct	Chefs Academy Darlington College

These events are free to attend – the Chefs Academy is aimed at Chefs within NHS hospitals, the Culinary Academy is aimed at Catering Assistants. Attendance also counts towards any chef currently undertaking a NHS Chef Apprenticeship.

See our Useful Links section to read about our new Multi Temperature Food Solutions (MTFS) Framework launching this month.

Our buyers Charlotte Farrell and Rina Smith are excited to share details of the new products, suppliers and key benefits for you, as well as all the great savings it will deliver.  

We have just published pieces on Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Royal Free Hospital and our Multi Temperature Distribution (MTD) framework. They are all quick five minute reads, and if you are interested in working with us following on from reading these please contact us.

See our Useful Links section to read our case studies on on Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Royal Free Hospital and our news article about Multi Temperature Distribution (MTD) framework.

The Culinary and Dietetic Team are counting down the days until the new Children’s Concept Recipe Book is launched at the end of August.

If you haven’t already, please read our preview of the book in Public Sector Catering.

See our Useful Links section to read the Public Sector Catering article.

These books will be hitting your trust kitchens soon.

Recipe ingredients	Quantity
Black pepper	2g
Baking powder	4g
Dill	10g
Flat parsley	10g
Rapeseed oil	120ml
Feta cheese	100g
Courgettes	500g
Eggs	2
Plain flour	100g
Spring onion bulbs	3

Chef’s Tip:

You can use the courgette water for juices, smoothies and cakes.

If you have any excess fritters, these can be used in wraps or burgers as a vegetarian’s option.