A forward thinking approach to care home catering
Resident dietary support
As an experienced supplier to the sector with a team of people that fully understand your challenges, we will help you with efficient deliveries, a specialist product range and support tailored to your home. We also have a variety of support to help you with innovation, menu planning and much more…
THE CATERERS CAMPUS Our e-learning platform for care
Our e-learning platform, Caterers Campus, is dedicated to supporting the care sector. Your teams can learn virtually in their own time. Some of the modules include:
- Dysphagia and IDDSI
- Dementia
- Fortification
- Hydration
- Menu planning
- Cost control
- Diabetes
- Understanding profit
Christmas with Bidfood
With 80% of people considering it important or very important to have a festive menu during the Christmas period, this festive season is the perfect time for care homes to enhance its offerings with our latest Christmas food range. Our collection is designed to deliver a true taste of Christmas and nostalgic flavours, fostering a sense of community and belonging among your residents. Whether you’re hosting grand holiday feasts or more intimate gatherings, our extensive range of over 600 festive products is sure to create memorable dining experiences and bring joy throughout the season.
Explore our Interactive Care Home
We are excited to welcome you to our Interactive Care Home, a unique opportunity for you to embark on a journey room by room to see all our support in action and hear directly from our experts. From our free e-learning platform to menu cycles, it is all there ready for you to explore. Click the link below to enter…
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MULTI AWARD-WINNING ECOMMERCE PLATFORM Bidfood Direct - our online shop
Bidfood Direct is our multi award-winning ordering platform that helps you manage everything from allergen information to order forms. We are proud to deliver a platform that stays ahead of government legislation and helps support you in remaining compliant.
- Shop 24/7 via desktop or app
- Live pricing & stock availability
- Easily download allergen & nutritional information
- Set automatic standing orders
- Set order approvals and spend limits
- Track resources and budget allocation
- Access to nutritionally balanced recipes
Meet the care sector team
Understanding the care sector needs
We are proud to offer care sector expertise for all our customers. Whatever your need is, we will help support you to deliver exceptional meal times for all your residents.
How can you help us with resident dietary needs?
We have a variety of support tools available to help you ensure you are delivering exceptional meals to all your residents. From a diabetes menu cycle to our Simply Food Solutions we will work with you to ensure you have all the support and tools you need.
Do you have menus for care homes?
Our dedicated chef team have developed over 500 recipes for care homes. We also have menu cycles suitable that cover all resident dietary needs that are ready to apply to your care home.
Dysphagia support: what foods are good for dysphagia?
We have lots of products to help you cater for dysphagia. Our simply food solutions offers an extensive range of quality food solutions made in the UK with care especially for you. All meals come frozen, ready to serve and individually prepared, providing quick and convenient meals that simply need to be placed in the oven. Have you looked at our guide to IDDSI?
How to use the latest food trends in care
Explore the latest food trends within the care sector, from bold tropical flavours to new grab & go options… Read here
Training and support tools for staff within care homes
Consistently creating nutritious and delicious meals tailored to residents’ individual needs is challenging, especially when you are juggling time, budgets, stock levels and the skill level of your staff. Caterers Campus is an online learning platform for all our customers that will help your teams learn key skills, enabling them to better cater for your residents. We now have eight modules all designed to help train your staff with care home specific topics… Learn more here
CARE SECTOR SPECIALISTS Join Bidfood today!
- Nourishing your residents with a food wholesaler that cares
- Efficient deliveries, specialist product range and customer support
- Exclusive customer-only content and guides
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