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The criteria and schemes used by the company are: BRC, IFS, Salsa, STS
Public Sector Standard, Bord Bia certification, EIQA Q Mark for Hygiene and
Food Safety, NSF Due Diligence Standard, ISO 22000 and FSSC 22000.

For Ireland, the main quality assurance standard applied to food producers
is the EIQA Q mark.

Supply is based on the company’s standard terms and conditions and in
agreement with the procurement team. Supplier’s delivery schedules must
be in line with agreed windows.

Monthly information on provenance, source or manufacturer will be
required, where relevant for product traceability.

The company prefers suppliers to use e-trading if possible, via the ‘e-P2P
portal’ and this may well be a condition of supply. Help is available to
suppliers to assist them in accessing and using the supply portal. Suppliers
should contact Diarmuid Doyle (see above) to arrange this.

Advice to new suppliers

In the first instance, new fresh food and ingredients suppliers are advised
to contact Mark Anderson Culinary Director by email or telephone for a
discussion of their product offering: mark.anderson@gatherandgather.com

Suppliers should research the company before contacting it to find out as
much as possible regarding its requirements.

Artisan suppliers are welcome, but should have the potential to expand,
possibly even to export level, so that they can supply regions other than
their own.

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