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Relevant purchasing contact

Head of Sourcing: Edward Fagan
Email: CommercialSupportIreland@compass-group.ie
Contact by email is the preferred method of communication.

Product mix

Compass Ireland delivers staffed and fully automated food solutions
that include workplace restaurants and cafés, home and workplace meal
deliveries via their Copper Pan Kitchen brand, events hospitality and more.
In 2022, they launched Ireland’s first frictionless store: Market x Flutter,
offering customers a wide range of grab & go meals, freshly baked goods,
fruit, snacks and convenience items.

They serve approximately 40,000 hot and chilled meals a day to partners
occupying a wide range of sectors Inc. Business & Industry, Education,
Events & Stadia, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare.

Opportunities for Irish food and drink suppliers

Compass is deeply committed to working with local suppliers, and
welcomes Irish-based businesses that can:

- Deliver products/services demonstrating strong sustainability credentials.
- Supply local alternatives to otherwise imported produce.

Purchasing policy and supplier requirements

HSE (Health, Safety & Environmental) is Compass Ireland’s number one
priority. Potential suppliers must demonstrate their own exemplary HSE
credentials.
Compass employs independent, external auditors such as EIQA to audit all
current and potential food suppliers. Buying policy considers the balance
between quality, sustainability, health and wellbeing and consistency.

Compass look for partners that have sustainability at the centre of their
operation and share similar initiatives under food waste, sustainable
packaging, initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions/transportation etc.
All commercial contracts, product approval and pricing negotiations are
centralised and managed by the Commercial Manager.

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