Ripon Associates
A professional catering consultancy with in depth knowledge and experience across all food service sectors.
We work with:
Education: schools, colleges and universities
Local government
Corporate catering: staff canteens
Industrial
Health: hospitals, care homes
Hospitality: hotels, restaurants, museums and galleries
Sports stadiums
and anywhere large kitchens are used
Benefits - Contract Procurement
We handle your contract procurement from start to finish. As specialists, we are familiar with the catering companies operating in the various sectors of the industry. Our experience means you avoid the pitfalls in complex negotions. You get a better contract with nothing overlooked.
Benefits - Contract Monitoring
We handle your regular operator inspections to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
We ensure the quality of food and service standards are maintained at agreed contract levels.
We perform financial reviews - especially at budget time.
We will take an active role in review meetings with client and caterer.
Benefits - Marketing Help
We can work with you to develop your brands.
We can help establish conference and function vanues with sound marketing advice.
Benefits - Strategic Advice
Having a sound strategy can avoid costly changes of plan and this gets increasingly important with larger companies.
Benefits - Design and Planning
Our experience in design and planning all types of catering outlets ensures you get real efficiencies in the process and the and result will be streamlined and cost-effective.
Work has included:
Acting as a catering consultant with museums and art galleries including advice on kitchen design and function catering promotion.
Managing school catering & university and college catering tenders include both small and large establishments.
Advising on concession catering whether in museums, concert hall catering or fully commercial catering.
Work in business & industry has included training & conference centres where innovative contracts have been devised as well as advice on employee restaurants in corporate headquarters.
Catering operational audits carried out to establish "best value" and benchmarking of all catering operations.
