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A FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND PEACE OF MIND
An unrivalled team of experienced food service consultants, avisso are part of the allmanhall group of companies. They work closely with catering operations to provide expert assistance, resolve challenges and offer a fresh perspective.
They provide support around four key areas, applying their many years of hands-on experience and expertise:
1. Compliance: avisso provide training on the latest laws and legislation including EUFIC rules around allergens. Part of their compliance audit looks at health & safety and hygiene and, if required, can provide you with a manageable improvement plan.
2. Commercial: avisso look at every tiny detail to see where costs can be saved with regards to food, processes, labour, utilities and small expenditure. They can also help with managing food waste, stock and asset control.
3. Staffing: avisso can assist with delicate staffing issues including catering management, production and service teams. They can even help find the right people, if you would like support with recruitment and can draft training programs to help inspire improvement within the catering teams.
4. Design & Planning: This includes menu innovation, building or refitting kitchen and dining facilities. avisso can also help with marketing and communication briefs, if you would like to explore this area…
But what sets avisso apart? Each consultant has worked in a commercial kitchen or run a catering team. They know and have experienced your day-to-day challenges.
“I was surprised at the level of detail in [avisso’ s] critique of food and
service standards and purchasing. Their expertise was extremely valuable in helping us create a plan to enhance what we do… avisso exceeded their brief and I would, unreservedly, recommend them.” John Bone, Finance & Estate Manager
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track and manage every penny of spend. allmanhall is also able to provide a central billing function and EDI through outsourced purchase ledger management, to further streamline and save administrative time.
The third element is insight; allmanhall apply global market wide commodity tracking software, inflation forecasting and the identification of sector specific trends. Using such expert insight, allmanhall is also able to make predictions.
allmanhall’s Procurement Director, Mike Meek, comments: “Many organisations, including those in the foodservice sector, have often used indices such as CPI as a primary
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yardstick to measure inflation, procurement performance and to lay the foundations for future budgeting. During stable market conditions this approach is adequate. But in times of market turbulence or uncertainty, this retrospective view is less helpful when forecasting or predicting likely future changes to food prices.” He concludes that allmanhall take a more forward looking approach, in supply chain management, applying insights.
The final offering is support; allmanhall clients receive support from a dedicated and passionate day-to-day team. Using a support desk platform to ensure timely and satisfactory resolution, ‘support
cases’ are continuously reviewed and measured to drive supplier performance, whilst minimising any impact to operational activities. The result is hands on support, ensuring unique needs are met and supply challenges resolved effectively and with professional empathy.
In addition to this day-to-day support, allmanhall go one step further, offering clients access to full foodservice consultancy, if required. The team delivering this consultancy - called avisso - have extensive combined experience on the ‘front line’, having worked as chefs and catering managers for a number of years themselves.
allmanhall have close working relationships with various third party food and cleaning accreditation standards. They closely monitor any changes in such standards and are well equipped to provide expertise regarding the sourcing of sustainable products.
This professional merit is further underlined by full membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, meaning allmanhall is equipped to consult on adoption of the latest world-class procurement practices to deliver sustained functional excellence.
allmanhall Director and joint founder, Oliver Hall MCIPS, concludes: “Our approach has proven successful for both single sites and group organisations. We have also proven we can work alongside contract caterers, as their outsourced procurement function.
We continue to demonstrate that inspiring improvement through procurement and supply chain management for our clients delivers very real and measurable value to their bottom line.”
Why not explore the improvements allmanhall could inspire for your procurement?
Visit
allmanhall.co.uk or contact them:
hello@allmanhall.co.uk
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