One of the biggest concerns for hospitality leaders right now is the future shape, strength and resilience of the supply chain – the network of food and drink producers and suppliers that keep the UK’s pubs, bars and restaurants stocked and able to trade. 

In the first of a new series of Peach 20/20 Top Table podcasts, Peter Martin speaks to the boss of one of the most important cogs in the UK’s foodservice logistics chain, the CEO of Bidfood Andrew Selley.

Bidfood (https://www.bidfood.co.uk/) operates from 24 sites across Britain, from Inverness to Cornwall, employing over 4,500 people supplying 45,000 businesses from pubs and restaurants to fast food chains and contract caters, to hospitals and schools. Its fortunes are a barometer for the health of the out-of-home sector as a whole.

In their conversation, Andrew Selley, talks about a whole host of issues: from the driver shortage, and how his business is tackling it, to food price inflation, and how long it will last; from the future of British agriculture to embracing Net Zero targets; from automation and operational efficiencies to developing food trends and product switching.

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This series of podcasts is sponsored by Bidfood, Fourth, Stint and Zonal.

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LINKS:

Bidfood: www.bidfood.com

Fourth: www.fourth.com

Stint: www.stint.co

Zonal: www.zonal.co.uk