Local Food Is Greener
Whenever possible we work directly with niche market suppliers and source produce from local Companies. We are committed to using local farm assured produce wherever possible and adopting sensible work practices that help support the environment in which we live.
EatLunch works with local suppliers to positively impact the following four joint business objectives:
- Help the environment by sourcing as much quality local produce as possible.
- Deliver as much quality local food and drink to as many local businesses as possible.
- Work creatively at promoting and connecting everybody in the local food chain.
- Operate a sustainable business that serves all the links in the local food chain without doing harm environmentally or economically.
“Local food has more flavour, is fresher to your plate and better for the environment.”
Raymond Blanc
Eat Better - ‘eatpure’
‘Eatpure’ is our newest and the most important initiative that we have undertaken. It has been developed to meet the needs of an increasing number of customers who require premium cuisine, prepared to order and incorporating fresh, healthy and exciting ingredients including local and organic choices.
We work closely with trustworthy suppliers who share our ideals, which enables us to have confidence in our fare. We source as much seasonal, local food as possible, which helps to ensure maximum freshness and significantly reduces the mileage food has to travel to reach your plate.
Going for gold...
‘Eatlunch’ has spent the last twelve months developing new, recyclable packaging. All of our newly designed packaging is recyclable: even the gold platter trays and all the clear pots for yoghurts and dips are made from PLA - a biodegradable material manufactured from corn starch. Your buffets are also protected by a clear bag, which is also made from PLA.
Bamboo benefits..
Ten years ago environmental concerns were considered unimportant and even a bit boring. Today many would argue that helping to protect our planet can also deliver real social and economic benefits!
‘Eatlunch’ has always embraced this philosophy and has introduced a number of new initiatives to support this approach. Our plastic cutlery has been replaced with bio-degradable bamboo - although you wouldn’t guess to look at them!! The cutlery looks better than ever but does not contribute to the ‘plastic’ mountain.
Waste-not...
Our goal is to have zero landfill by the end of 2009. We already recycle all our card, paper and kitchen-waste and are pursuing other schemes to ensure that we use even more bio-degradable materials. Eatlunch is working with regional water suppliers to encourage our customers to use glass bottles, which can be ref lled with tap water instead of continually buying more plastic bottles of mineral water. We’re also talking to Cawleys Waste Management about encouraging our customers to have bins on their premises to enable them to recycle any packaging from their lunches. These bins would then be collected on a weekly basis..