With so many challenges facing our industry, we’ve put together food menu engineering tips, advice and guidance to support your long term success.

Saving energy and money in the kitchen

With energy bills soaring, our chef team have put together a checklist to support you with reducing costs where possible in your kitchen.

Simple ingredient swaps that drive cost savings

We’ve put together some tips and tricks for ingredient swaps to not only help you save money but also so you have solutions if you can’t get all the ingredients you need for your menu.

Increase the profitability of your menu

Discover our top tips for increasing the profitability of dishes on your menu without harming the quality of your offer.

Simple Solutions

Looking for easy meal plans? We’ve pulled together solutions that are sure to be customer favourites that are easy to put together for your teams.

Bidfood Direct tools

Bidfood Direct gives you unmatched spend control with the new MyRecipes and Menu Planning tools which allow you to create recipes and menus based on your agreed product range and pricing.

Saving energy and money in the kitchen

With energy bills soaring, our chef team have put together a checklist to support you with reducing costs where possible in your kitchen.

Tips for reducing waste

Reducing waste has become an essential strategy for saving costs and reducing your environmental impact. See our tips for more ideas on best practice.

Menu Solutions

With time and skill a precious commodity in today’s Foodservice market we’ve put together some simple menu ideas and  highlighted key, quality easy-to-use ingredients to help make your menu planning simpler.

Quick and hassle-free recipes

Facing staff shortages? We have a bank of recipes that are simple to follow, easy to prepare and ready in under 30 minutes, as well as resources to support you when facing supply issues.

Streamline your menu

It is more important than ever to find ways to create more profitable menus which hit the mark with customers.

Find out what our chef team recommend you do to ensure a profitable and successful menu.

Day part solutions

Advice on reviewing your menu day parts for when balancing resource and customer expectations.

Calorie labelling legislation

Get familiar with the new calorie labelling legislation coming into effect on the 6th April 2022. We’ve put together some useful information, support tools and advice.

Plastic packaging tax

Check what the new plastic packaging tax levy means for your business and whether you are eligible to register.

Simple Solutions for simplified menus

Looking to simplify things on your menu? We’ve pulled together solutions that are sure to be customer favourites and are easy to put together for your teams.

On the spot swaps

With the current supply challenges it can be difficult to guarantee your customers’ favourite dishes. Not to fret, we’re here to help you create a flexible and adaptable menu.

Click below to see our chef recommended smart food swaps and customisable menus.

Your guide to outdoor dining

With outdoor dining becoming such a big opportunity throughout the pandemic, how can you capitalise on the opportunity now and in the long term?

Fast. Flexible. Flavour.

The support from our recipe videos and brochures all aim to assist you in streamlining your menu so that you can meet your customer needs. This allows you to optimise your store cupboard space, use fewer ingredients, and use products in more dishes.

5 tips to Unlock Your Menu

Find out our top tips for unlocking the full potential of your menu from our blog.

Create the perfect takeaway

Ideas and solutions to help you create the perfect takeaway.

Cater to Vegetarian, vegan and plant-based diets with confidence

The Meat Free Space is Bidfood’s range of branded and own brand vegetarian, vegan and plant-based products. The range covers everything from pre-prepared menu solutions to key ingredients in meat free scratch-cooking and much more. If you’re looking to expand your meat free offering, look no further.