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AlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses successfully address their most complex and critical challenges. Our clients include companies, corporate boards, law firms, investment banks, private equity firms, and others. Founded in 1981, AlixPartners is headquartered in New York and has offices in more than 20 cities around the world.
Brakes, a Sysco company, is Britain’s leading national broadline supplier delivering the highest quality fresh and frozen food and ingredients from its nationwide network of distribution centres to some of the nation’s most famous pubs and restaurants, as well as schools, caterers, care homes and hospitals. It has the biggest range of award-winning products in foodservice.
Built on a passion for food and feeding the nation, the Brakes team is dedicated to making life as easy and efficient for the chefs, cooks and caterers we serve across the land.
Brewed for Boldness, Crafted for Quality: Carlsberg Britvic is Here
Carlsberg Group’s UK business and Britvic plc have joined forces to create Carlsberg Britvic, the UK’s largest multi-beverage supplier and Carlsberg Group’s top market by revenue.
With a strong national footprint, we combine CMBC’s breweries and leading in-house secondary logistics operation with Britvic’s dynamic packaging and production capabilities. Our portfolio features iconic brands like Pepsi MAX, 7UP, Robinsons, J2O, and Fruit Shoot, as well as innovative brands like Plenish and Jimmy’s Iced Coffee. And we also offer Carlsberg, 1664, Poretti, Brooklyn Brewery, and British ales like Hobgoblin.
Carlsberg Britvic is committed to delivering high quality beverages, with a strong focus on sustainability, diversity, and exceptional service across all brands.
We have over fifty years’ experience designing, manufacturing, installing, and maintaining bespoke HVAC solutions in the hospitality industry including fans, ductwork, air conditioning and control systems.
If you require an entire HVAC installation project-managed or an immediate response to a maintenance issue, we can help. We source the most sustainable products on the market and can advise you on site sustainability, installation, and ongoing lifetime maintenance.
With over 35,000 square feet of manufacturing space, we can work at short notice to meet your requirements.
By choosing Chapman Ventilation, you’re choosing an industry-leading business, with proven success in the hospitality sector.
Greene King has been crafting quality beers from its historic breweries in Bury St Edmunds and Dunbar for over 200 years.
The Westgate brewery, in Bury St Edmunds, has been the home of Greene King since 1799 and its leading cask ales are brewed here, including Greene King IPA and Abbot Ale, as well as a broad range of seasonal and speciality beers.
In 2022 Greene King launched its premium portfolio which included two new craft beers, Level Head, a session IPA, and Flint Eye, a dry hopped lager, which embody Britain’s eccentric past, but are designed for the modern-day drinker.
For multi-location restaurant businesses who struggle to achieve operational and financial consistency, Nory is the only AI-powered, all-in-one restaurant operating system that guides front-line teams to increase operational performance and profitability.
Our mission is to grow the restaurant industry - by providing teams with the tools and technology to take control of their operations, profitability and destiny. Nory is uniquely designed to drive performance gains on the top two P&L cost lines; Cost of Goods (COGs) and Cost of Labour (COL). We embed AI and decision intelligence into the core operational workflows that drive COGs and COL. This intelligence ensures that decision making is data based and consistent, which in turn drives more consistent operational and financial performance. Nory provides 360° visibility over restaurants' operational and financial performance, and guides front-line teams to improve profit margins.
Nory’s impact is evident in its work across the UK, and Ireland, having partnered with the likes of the Jamie Oliver Group and Roasting Plant Coffee. Nory has also proven to reduce restaurant costs by almost 20% and increase EBITDA by over 50%.
“The industry is facing challenges and complexities like never before. Operators don’t want more tools and apps that digitise every micro-workflow; they need technology that can give them real control over their business, profitability and destiny. This is why Nory is on a mission to help systemise success for the restaurant industry and to stack the odds in their favour.” Conor Sheridan, CEO and Founder of Nory
To learn more about how Nory can help your business operate more efficiently and achieve your growth ambitions, please visit https://nory.ai/
Pernod Ricard UK was established in 2001 and we have been creators of conviviality since then, dedicated to bringing you premium brands and unforgettable experiences. As members of the Pernod Ricard Group, world no. 2 in the wines and spirits industry, we are responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of our brands in the UK.
We offer an unrivalled portfolio of internationally recognised spirits, wines and champagnes, of which 19 are counted amongst the top 100 brands worldwide. Our brands include Absolut, Jameson, Chivas Regal, The Glenlivet, Beefeater, Plymouth, Monkey 47, Malfy, KI NO BI, Italicus, Havana Club, Malibu, Kahlúa, Perrier-Jouët, G.H. Mumm, Brancott Estate wine from New Zealand, Campo Viejo from Spain, and Jacob’s Creek from Australia.
Sona is the next-generation workforce management solution for large frontline operators, where consumer grade design is matched by AI-driven decision making.
Combining end-to-end WFM functionality - including Scheduling, Time & Attendance, HR and Payroll - with truly intelligent AI capabilities, Sona enables real-time actionable insights geared towards driving revenue and increasing employee satisfaction.
Uber Eats is an on-demand app and website that helps bring millions of people around the
world the things they want, at the tap of a button. We partner with over 46,000 restaurants and
merchants in more than 330 cities and cities across the UK and Ireland. From speciality local
favourites to national brand names, groceries to household essentials and more, Uber Eats has
what you want when you want it—with an average delivery time of 30 minutes.
Our specialist stock control, compliance auditing and profit advice solutions have been trusted by thousands of customers for over 125 years. Through a unique combination of audits, training and software, we help operators run their businesses as efficiently, effectively and profitably as possible.
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