Office Real Estate and Services Special
EATFIRST: THE NEW SOLUTION FOR YOUR CATERING SERVICE
Martijn Suister
The changing role of the office workplace is giving rise to a steady stream of new
is that social engagement is becoming
insights and a need for flexibility on all fronts, including nutrition and health. After all,
more important for companies. One of the
who doesn’t love a delicious, varied lunch delivered right to the office? Martijn Suister,
best ways to build and sustain a ‘company
director of EatFirst, has been in the catering business for four years, offering made-to-
culture’ is to offer a tasty lunch.”
order lunches, pantry supply, smart fridges and catering for board meetings and events. Sustainable catering service EatFirst and the tool Ohmylunch are part
organizes trial weeks for two or three
EatFirst’s partnerships with local
of a business-to-business catering service
options. This way, companies can make
caterers and its newest digital smart
that has been operating internationally
an informed choice.
tools are charting a new path for catering
for more than five years now. Built
services. For one thing, they achieve
on a commitment to local products,
Flexible lunch
that by constantly looking at ways that
sustainability and flexibility, it offers
For many suppliers, recent developments
entrepreneurs can help boost local
a range of services to supply business
have reshuffled the deck. As traditional
activity. “The website has a new ratings
clients with healthy, convenient food
ways of working become more diffuse, so
screen, showing how sustainable a caterer
options. Martijn: “EatFirst is the largest
too are traditional approaches to catering.
is on metrics like type of packaging, use
B2B catering platform in Europe. It has
The emphasis is shifting towards greater
of local products and EV delivery. We also
six main offices in total, located across
flexibility, health, sustainability and our
introduced the Ohmylunch tool to combat
Europe and Australia, and more than
digitalization of catering services. EatFirst
food waste. The results show that waste
2,000 local affiliated businesses.” With
makes a point of selecting caterers who
has been cut 20% relative to traditional
each new customer, the first step is
are committed to a sustainable workplace
caterers. That’s how we’re continually
always to discuss what kind of service
and future. “More and more clients
working on sustainable innovations.”
they want. Next come the numbers, the
are consciously choosing our flexible
budget and the preferred cuisine. After
service. They have a fluctuating number
that, EatFirst draws up a selection of
of people working at the office, and we
local caterers to match those needs and
can accommodate that. Another aspect
Text: Céline Boute • Photography: Ruben stam
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