As a responsible food retailer we offer our guests healthy, safe, fresh and tasty food.

We want our guests to be able to make an informed choice and therefore providing detailed information about food is becoming a welcome addition to the menu when dining in one of our restaurants and pubs.

Attitudes towards food and eating out are changing and our guests want to know more about the food they eat - where has it come from? How is it prepared? What is its nutritional value? Food allergies and intolerances are also on the rise and there is an increasing demand for better information to be available to guests with special dietary requirements. We are aiming to meet all of these challenges head on.

At the same time, our chefs work closely with our food suppliers to develop our menus, particularly focusing on improving the nutritional content of each individual item. This year we appointed a dedicated Company nutritionist to oversee this development, accelerating our food responsibility programme both internally and across our supplier base.

Food safety and supply chain

We want our guests to feel confident about the food they are served in our restaurants and pubs. We have robust processes and procedures in place and strive to ensure our kitchen teams adhere to the highest standards of food safety, including food hygiene.

As a large food retailer, our supply chain is increasingly complex and our objective is to source competitively priced products of appropriate quality and provenance. To do so, we continually monitor the practices of our food suppliers. All our growers meet the Euro-Retailer Produce Working Group's standard of good agricultural practice (known as the EurepGAP standard). This is an integrated agricultural assurance standard covering food safety, occupational health and safety, environmental protection, bio diversity and animal welfare.

To read more about our food practices, get a copy of our Social Responsibility Review.