A valuable guaranteed guide for the sustainable catering business

A valuable guaranteed guide for
the sustainable catering business

Because there are many changes in the catering service and the competition between catering companies, so each company seek to provide special service with high quality to improve its business sustainability. This includes all issues related to catering such as enhancing the management system and providing soft services and on-site catering.
Sustainability proves for achieving the target of your business in a professional way that enhances company profit.
For sure to improve the sustainable catering business that means you have to improve the catering budget too.

In Catering Plus we have our amazing secret recipes and professional fully trained staff to adopt a food safety management system based on Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point (HACCP), which ensures our sustainability and the success of the catering business.

What does Sustainability mean?

Sustainability means you have to improve your current business and add positive changes that include (quality of the service, capacity building for the team to improve their skills, searching for other financial resources, enhancing the management system, maintaining people’s health and wellbeing, improving the food preparation and transported methods, etc.).
All of this will lead to make a difference at your business and be able to continue in the future.
In Catering Plus we have a policy designed especially for our customers to make them enjoy our catering service with good health and sustainable life.

There is another expression called “sustainable development” where the development of the current catering service to meet the customer needs without decreasing the capability of meeting these needs in the future. In other words, sustainability means making a balance between all priorities such as the social, economic, and environmental to achieve better quality of the business.

In this article we will cover the tips that guaranteed a sustainable catering business as follow:

1- Control the food waste:

If you don’t plan well for your event, so the expected food waste will be more.
To overcome this problem, it is important to plan for a zero waste event.
This will save the raw materials, the electricity or whatever the fuel you use, the food and beverage used.

So it is so necessary to estimate well the accurate number of your guests you will provide catering service for them.
On the other side, good food storage in the right place or cold place as a refrigerator will keep it from spoiling, then will reduce food waste.
There is another idea for the food waste, by donating to any of the donation programs, but if they haven’t spoiled and well packaged.

2- Add a variety to the menu:

You can improve sustainability and at the same time maintain your food to be delicious, and healthy, and minimize your budget too as follows:

Provide seasonal food:
No need to purchase raw materials such as vegetables and fruits from other seasons, fresh food will provide good taste and at the same time support your saved budget.
Decrease portion size:
If the chefs reduce portion size cut down, that will reduce the amount of food waste.
Sustainable source:
As Catering Plus applies to change in the menu for the sustainable catering business, it encourages the suppliers to do the same.

3- Coordinate with sustainable suppliers:

To have a successful catering business, you need to choose the right ingredients.
This will make refresh the local business and support the national economy.
Make an order for fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms, and in-season food this will reduce the total cost.
This show the loyalty of your catering business to your community.
Most importantly, this will make a variety for your menu.
You have another option to choose the food distribution companies to support small farms and provide different offers.

4- Engage your team and suppliers with your sustainability:

This will improve the sustainability of your catering service, by engaging all of them with your plan and empowering their roles.

Show your annual plan:
Tell them the expected annual schedule for your business events, this will improve customer awareness.
Inform others of achievements:
It is better to celebrate your achievements to tell others and your competitors about your success and progress.
Engage customers:
Print sustainability information on paper to inform your customers while they are eating.