Inflation continues to impact to the price of frozen and ambient food, resulting in the need to issue a variation/increase to the current contract by 5.36%.
The supplier has provided details of the level of price changes which reflects the actual wholesale market changes between 26th of October to date which have been substantial.
Options considered.
- Continue with current supplier with increasing costs to the council.
- Negotiate with the existing supplier looking at alternative food options (this has been undertaken but unfortunately did not mitigate the increases in wholesale costs)
- Terminate the contract with the current supplier and test the market. However, this would be a high-risk strategy leading to potentially even higher cost to the Council
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 26/05/2023
Decision due: 26 Jun 2023 by Service Director - Culture & Visitor Economy
Department: Environment