Our suppliers

We work with a number of suppliers to source ethical and sustainable food across all our services. Our suppliers are located within a 100-mile radius of the University’s campus.

• John Sheppard Butchers
  Based in Ashley Down, Bristol, they provide meat, poultry and cooked meat products for our residences and Senate House Marketplace. 90% of all their meat and poultry is sourced within a 50 mile radius.
• Fair Ash Farms
  Where we source our eggs for residences and Senate House Marketplace. They are located less than 15 miles from the main University campus in West Harptree, Bristol.
• Cotteswold Dairy
  They provide milk and cream for residences, cafes and Senate House Marketplace. Cotteswold Dairy in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire are one of the largest independent family run dairies in the U.K.
• Simply Lunch
  Simply Lunch supply Source with ready made sandwiches for our cafes and collect catering operations. They have a strong plant-based offering as well as high street favourites. This supplier continuously improves their sustainability and environmental policies, including planting a tree sapling for every Christmas sandwich sold for the past two years.
• Lovely Drinks
  Where we source our artisan sodas and juices for cafes and Senate House Marketplace. Their products are vegan approved and certified organic.
• Clifton Coffee Roasters
  Clifton Coffee Roasters won the contract to supply the our Source cafes following a tasting session with the University's Coffee Society. This supplier is located 8 miles from the heart of our Clifton campus and have a strong ethical and sustainability policy.
• Total Produce
  Where we source our fruit and vegetables for cafes, residences and Senate House Marketplace. Total Produce are located in St. Phillips, Bristol and have fields and orchards across the southwest. They also import from around the world but ensure as much local produce as possible is provided.
• Bidfood
  They provide our dry, ambient, chilled and frozen food for residences, cafes and Senate House Marketplace. In conjunction with Olleco, they collect all our waste oil and turn this into biofuel for their delivery vans.