# Andy Jones

Andy Jones writes about NHS and public-sector catering, with a focus on patient food, procurement and closer links between public services and local food producers. Jones says they have worked in NHS and healthcare catering for more than four decades.

- Profile: https://b2binfluencer.marketing/creators/andy-jones/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-jones-fih-0aba54b
- LinkedIn followers: 5,818
- Topics: leadership, supply-chain
- Based on 11 dated posts, latest 2026-10-03

## Summary

Andy Jones is useful for NHS and public-sector catering, procurement, local sourcing and patient food.

- Best for: A fresh-produce wholesaler campaign aimed at catering and procurement decision makers.
- Not for: Paid national consumer product campaigns promising reach, sales leads or conversions.
- Check first: Ask for examples of their wider public work beyond these posts.

### Takeaways

- Public-sector procurement decides what patients and pupils actually get.
- Integrity means accurate temperature records, completed cleaning schedules, fair procurement and responsibility when things go wrong.
- Improving NHS food means building on existing standards, not replacing them.

## Main ideas

- **Public-sector procurement decides what patients and pupils actually get**: Jones argues that procurement is no longer just about buying things. Whoever controls it can influence what services look like, who supplies them, what gets paid and what patients, pupils, residents and staff experience. Lowest price alone is not enough: support for British food, farmers, local economies and resilient supply chains should be built into procurement, not added to a tender as another box to tick. Suppliers and procurement organisations should demonstrate what they do, not simply describe what buyers want to hear. Jones adds that patients, pupils, residents, students and service users are too often forgotten, and closes with a call for collaboration, partnership, teamwork and accountability.
- **Integrity is daily operational discipline, not a slogan**: Jones takes a word from football news and applies it to catering, facilities management and the wider public sector. They define integrity as doing the right thing when nobody is watching, putting people before profit, being honest about food quality, and not cutting corners on food safety, nutrition, cleanliness, dignity or patient experience. The behaviours they list include recording food temperatures accurately; reporting and reducing waste honestly; completing cleaning schedules properly rather than ticking boxes; finishing paperwork and checks that protect patients and vulnerable people; treating public money as your own; running transparent, fair procurement that gives small and new suppliers a genuine chance; and taking responsibility and challenging wrongdoing. The test, they say, is whether the work would be good enough for your own family.
- **Improving NHS food means building on the standards, not replacing them**: Jones supports current NHS food standards as the framework for keeping patient food safe, nutritious and appropriate. They also press for more fresh and locally sourced produce, greater use of seasonal British food, procurement that better supports local farmers and producers, hospital food that patients genuinely look forward to, and recognition that food is part of care and recovery. Drawing on more than 45 years working in NHS and healthcare catering, Jones says they have seen food matter to patients as more than something to eat: it is part of dignity, nutrition, hydration and the overall patient experience.
- **British farming and public catering need to understand each other's requirements**: Jones argues that public-sector catering and British farming should work more closely to deliver good food to the people they serve. They name local procurement hubs as one route and call for each side to understand the other's requirements. The settings in scope include the NHS, schools, universities, colleges, the Ministry of Defence, prisons and care settings.
- **Good products still need a route onto public-sector lists**: Jones presents listing and distribution through public-sector buying organisations as the practical next step for food products they rate. The argument is not just about product quality; it is about the route to market that determines whether staff, students and patients ever see the product.
- **Convening and amplifying across sectors**: Jones uses posts to endorse other people's campaigns, share published articles, tag named organisations and individuals across farming, public-sector catering and food, and invite readers to keep the conversation going. The calls to action are direct, such as sharing an article or listening to a campaign, and the tone is collaborative rather than promotional.

## Work to read

- [Integrity — one word, but what does it really mean?](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andy-jones-fih-0aba54b_integrity-leadership-catering-activity-7512069369372426240-7v_o)
- [Supporting a young campaigner on better NHS food](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andy-jones-fih-0aba54b_meet-the-young-cancer-survivor-campaigning-activity-7506734600753209344-HElh)
- [The growing power of procurement companies in the public sector](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andy-jones-fih-0aba54b_my-next-article-looks-at-the-growing-power-activity-7504971050565320704-zTWE)
- [From British Farm to Public Plate (Farmers Weekly piece announcement)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andy-jones-fih-0aba54b_publicsector-catering-nhs-activity-7509278688715251712-N921)
- [Trying Soul Kitchen soups and making the case for public-sector listing](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andy-jones-fih-0aba54b_nhs-sustainable-nourishing-activity-7507054665348390913-AptP)

## Brand relationships

- **Farmers Weekly** (mention)
- **Soul Kitchen** (disclosed_partnership)

## Partnerships

The posts show Andy Jones publishing and commenting publicly on NHS and public-sector catering: an article in Farmers Weekly on linking British farms to public plate, a forthcoming piece on the growing influence of procurement companies, and support for a campaign pressing for fresher, more local food in NHS hospitals. For a catering supplier seeking to reach NHS procurement leaders, that activity suggests an editorial or advisory-style arrangement — contributed commentary, an authored article or a named endorsement of a position — rather than a defined advertising product. Ask Jones directly about terms, editorial independence, disclosure and whether they accept sponsored work.

## Alternatives

- Ceri Davies: Davies is the better choice when the buyer task shifts from public-sector catering to premium travel and hospitality. Andy Jones’s posts describe a 25-year British Airways career across check-in, special services, airport management, loyalty, onboard experience and catering operations at Heathrow and Gatwick. They also describe working in several languages across Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland, and hosting supplier-facing events. One roadshow post shows Davies running a crew event with Newrest that covered catering products, onboard service standards and sustainability, invited feedback and questions, and offered tastings. For a fresh-produce wholesaler, Davies would be the stronger partner if the campaign were reframed around airline, travel or premium hospitality catering—reaching catering operations people with a message about produce quality, service standards and how a supplier works alongside a catering team, especially across several markets or languages.
- Manni Sidhu: Sidhu is the better choice when the supplier’s task is an operations problem rather than a sourcing-policy one—for example, selling inventory systems, warewashing or any product whose value is measured in kitchen time and stock accuracy. Andy Jones’s posts offer a founder’s account: 20 years across hospitality, technology and supply chain, launching Nando’s in Alberta, scaling technology businesses in Asia, then building Modoru, an RFID inventory system for catering. A demo shows 200 stacked plates scanned in 15 seconds, alongside a claim of up to 95% less inventory management time. Sidhu makes numbers-led cases for an operator audience and names the operating practices high-volume caterers already use, making the content directly useful when the pitch is about efficiency on the line.
- James Walton: Walton is the better choice when the argument needs economic evidence rather than operational or clinical framing. Andy Jones’s posts make the case with report findings and official data: 29p of profit on a £20.24 basket, or 1.5%, across nine everyday food and grocery products from farmers through processors to supermarkets; retail food inflation forecasts for 2026–27; and ONS figures showing food and drink inflation of 4.2% in 2025 against 2.7% in 2024. Walton argues that inflation is overwhelmingly cost-driven, margins are thin and sticky, and the long-term fix is more capacity and the right kind of production, starting with UK fruit, vegetables and lean protein backed by supportive policy. That suits a wholesaler making a price-pressure or British-production case to buyers, food-industry audiences or policy audiences.

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