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Product mix

Aramark provides a broad range of food and beverage hospitality services
across a wide range of sectors.
As part of Aramark’s foodservice division, Aramark’s menu planning is
undertaken locally and is site specific in conjunction with their Culinary
team. Aramark’s key focus areas are health and wellness, sustainability,
local sourcing and seasonality, along with great quality service and
hospitality.

All types of cuisine are provided at client locations, from hospitality and
event catering, to day-to-day workplace foodservice provision, or stadium
and visitor experience catering. Within the Healthcare division, Aramark
provide both patient and staff feeding and on campus catering in education
universities and colleges.

Opportunities for Irish food and drink suppliers

Local products are actively promoted in locations as part of the
sustainability, farmers market and health and wellness seminars.

The company assesses each of its categories individually and sources local
produce that will fit into these categories. Aramark continually looks for
local products from regional suppliers across their Northern European
business.

Purchasing policy and supplier requirements

Aramark is committed to buying Irish where possible. The default position
is to buy local, even if this incurs a slight additional cost. If a product is not
made in country, the company looks to source it from within the EU.

The focus has moved from product ‘handled’ in country, to product
manufactured and grown in country.

At Aramark 90% of protein and vegetables are purchased fresh, as opposed
to frozen.

Aramark has stringent food safety requirements and supplier selection
processes. Suppliers are audited by an in-house team whose standards are
based on ISO 22000 requirements. BRC accreditation is recognised.

In the case of product coming through an approved distributor (e.g. Sysco
Foods Ireland), the distributor’s supplier approval process satisfies the
requirements of Aramark.

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