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Guides, playbooks and benchmarks on how UK takeaways and restaurants buy stock smarter.

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Guide8 min
The margin squeeze: why takeaway food costs keep rising

A plain-English look at the last 24 months of UK foodservice pricing and what operators can actually do about it.

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Playbook6 min
Comparing suppliers when pack sizes don't match

How to normalise per-unit pricing across cheese blocks, chip cases and chicken boxes — without a spreadsheet nightmare.

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Benchmark5 min
How much do UK takeaways typically overspend on stock?

Aggregated data from our first cohort: where the biggest savings hide, and which categories move most.

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Guide4 min
The WhatsApp stock list — and why it's not the enemy

Why messy ordering is actually fine, as long as you have the right layer on top.

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Playbook7 min
Running multi-site buying without hiring a buyer

How small groups of 2–8 sites consolidate purchasing without a full procurement team.

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Benchmark6 min
Cheese, chips, chicken: the three products that move most

The categories that quietly determine your food margin — and where price watching pays off fastest.

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Guide5 min
Invoice checking: the £100/week nobody looks at

Why the gap between quoted price and invoiced price is bigger than most operators think.

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Playbook6 min
Switching suppliers without switching menus

A calm 4-step playbook for trialling a new supplier on 2–3 items without disrupting service.

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Benchmark8 min
What a healthy UK takeaway food margin looks like in 2026

Realistic gross margin bands by cuisine type, based on operator data.

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The Supplier Brief

One email a fortnight. UK foodservice price moves, category benchmarks and short operator playbooks. No fluff.