Purchasing Management with Firm Principles

The quality of catering starts with purchasing, meaning not only the quality of the goods. Purchasing must also supply our clients with goods and services according to schedule. This is why we follow clear principles:

We purchase only from selected, tested and listed suppliers.
The choice and evaluation of suppliers follows a qualified auditing procedure (quality control).

Dussmann Service seeks a long term business relationship with its suppliers, based on partnership and success.
When choosing our suppliers, our purchasing management follows firm principles. We pay attention to:
•    a balanced price-performance/ quality relationship
•    nutritional requirements
•    adherence to hygiene regulations
•    accordance with a quality assurance system
•    transport and delivery logistics
•    individual delivery rhythms
•    flexibility in range
•    regional proximity of fresh products
•    return and disposal of packing materials
When choosing our suppliers, we consider not only the costs but also environmental protection. Following the principles of “Responsible Care”, we require our suppliers to respect environmental protection as much as we do.

We seek a partnership based on continuity. Continuous joint quality control, external and internal benchmarking, annual audits according to our internal quality management concept and hygiene and production methods are the criteria most important to us in this context.