Buy Local - North West Food and Drink

Why Buy Local?

Buying locally produced food and drinks has many important advantages. It means that you:

• can maximise the freshness, taste and quality of your food;
• are buying from known, local suppliers who care about the service they give you - because they care about keeping your business and building their reputation;
• know the provenance of the food and drink you sell;
• are supporting the local economy, which will ultimately benefit you and everyone else;
• are helping to reduce 'food miles' and the burden on our road networks;
• can demonstrate to your customers that you are adopting an environmentally responsible purchasing policy;
• can reduce your costs by buying direct.

A local purchasing policy is not hard to introduce and events such as these make the process not only easy but pleasurable. You can meet local suppliers, sample their products, discuss your needs and agree individually tailored supply agreements.

Buying direct offers the potential to improve your product quality while simultaneously reducing your costs, and if you're interested in working as part of a local purchasing group, there are opportunities to make even larger savings.