Sodexo UK & Ireland will continue to deliver the food services at the home of one of the UK’s best-loved confectioners, Swizzels Matlow Ltd, following the announcement of a new three-year contract valued in the region of £1 million.
Sodexo has been delivering food services at the Swizzels factory since 2011. The new contract will take the partnership to 18 years.
Sodexo’s Kitchen Works restaurant serves breakfast and lunch, Monday to Friday and offers a place for Swizzels colleagues to meet, relax and enjoy delicious, honest food. Menus are curated using seasonal and local ingredients and prepared by Sodexo’s skilled chefs and include a wide range affordable healthy, delicious and sustainable lunch options from sandwiches, salads, jacket potatoes, soups to main meals.
With sustainability key to both companies the Sodexo team uses the company’s WasteWatch programme to tackle food waste within the kitchen and plate waste from the restaurant.
Paula Stevenson, MD Corporate Services, Sodexo UK & Ireland said: “We are delighted to continue our partnership with Swizzels. Not only is it a beloved sweet brand known across the country it is a company with strong ties to the local community and like Sodexo is committed to ensuring its operations has a positive impact through its commitment to sustainability, and to providing a workplace where people feel valued and inspired. Our team at Swizzels is a valued part of the team at New Mills and we look forward to continuing to deliver food services that provides fuel throughout the day in an environment where they can truly relax and disconnect.”
Jonathan Dee, Purchasing Director of Swizzels Matlow, said: “I am delighted that Sodexo will remain our catering facilities provider. They’ve done an excellent job over a considerable time and all members of staff demonstrate high professional standards time and again. Their efforts throughout the year do not go unnoticed.”
Sodexo’s Corporate Services business delivers workplace services, facilities management and food services to some of the world’s most recognisable brands. Its teams have expertise operating across a range of different environments in the corporate sector, including headquarters, regional offices, data centres, manufacturing centres and research and development hubs, in sectors as diverse as professional services, financial services, pharmaceuticals, media and technology.
