June Customer Newsletter – Food

We are looking forward to July and are delighted to be offering you promotions on a range of snack foods and refreshing soft drinks for July from Nestle UK, Walkers and Coca Cola.

Our buyers are working hard on some new promotions for healthy options coming very soon.  

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

For the month of June, NHS Supply Chain: Food is shining a spotlight onto the new and exciting Beverages Confectionery and Snacks Framework. The new framework launches on 16 June, and encompasses Cold Beverages, Confectionery and Snacks with Hot Beverages and Vending Consumables, providing you with a more streamlined procurement approach as well as access to exciting new suppliers and their products, including healthy options as well as old favourites.  

See our Useful Links section to read our news article and find out more information on what this new framework means to you.

This month we are showing support for people living with diabetes, as part of Diabetes Week 2025. The week runs from Monday 9 June to Sunday 15 June. The purpose of this awareness week is to shout about the things that matter to people living with diabetes and signpost them to available resources.

We will be signposting people to Healthy Eating Guides produced by Diabetes UK to help support those living with the condition. Look out for our posts on LinkedIn throughout the week.   

We we will be releasing a sequel to More Please! – our children’s concept recipe book.

In this exciting new addition, we will be focusing on high street food favourites that children love, with our own individual twist, such as a katsu curry burger.

Our Dietetics team will offer you unique insights into portion control, helping you to limit your food waste from the planning stages before food is even purchased.

Showing how portion sizes differ depending on age, and supporting you with menu optimisation (a planned approach to your food production, pricing, descriptions of dishes, and visual appeal) are just a couple of the on-trend topics we will cover in the book.  

Watch this space for a future release date very soon.

Try our asparagus with olive oil and lemon

Recipe ingredients	Quantity
Asparagus	250g
Olive oil	20ml
Sea salt	Small pinch
Lemon	Half a lemon

Method:  

• Trim the root end of the asparagus, so you are left with just the green part.  
• Pre-heat a pan and add the oil.  
• Add the asparagus and fry gently, moving it around the pan to cook evenly.  
• Season with sea salt.  
• Once softened add the lemon juice and take it off the heat.  
• Serve warm. 
• Serves two.