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August 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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August 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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#Foodprocurement shapes the EU's health, resilience & sustainability. Yet 60% of contracts go to lowest price.

Ahed of tomorrow's #FoodDialogue, the @eufpc.bsky.social is calling on the EU to recognise food as strategic & make sustainable food the easiest choice.

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March 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Our latest blog looks at rising food prices and why understanding how your costs compare with the wider market is more important than ever.

Read it here https://quenelles.co.uk/food-prices-are-rising-again/

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Food prices are rising again - but are you paying more than you should? - Quenelles | Food Benchmarking Experts
Prices might be increasing but are you actually paying more than you should be? This is where benchmarking comes in.
quenelles.co.uk
September 29, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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Sustainable #foodprocurement is underutilised across the EU, with 60% of contracts going to lowest bid. We need to recognise food as strategic & make sustainable food the easiest choice through, among others, mandatory criteria for organic in the new public procurement directive. #FoodDialogue
March 4, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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A groundbreaking bill in Montana could transform state food procurement by mandating transparency and boosting local agriculture, but it’s stirring up controversy among lawmakers and vendors alike.

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Montana Legislature mandates food procurement reporting for contracts over $100K
Legislature requires vendors to report food purchases including local products starting in 2025
citizenportal.ai
April 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Onondaga County just took a big step toward sustainable food practices by urging New York to adopt the Good Food New York bill, which could transform local food procurement!

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Legislature backs Good Food New York resolution after public testimony
The Onondaga County Legislature adopted a resolution urging the state to pass Good Food New York, following public comment from the Syracuse Onondaga Food Systems Alliance and sponsors’ remarks on local procurement and sustainability.
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August 16, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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July 20, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Your supply chain was built for shelf life. Your diners expect freshness. That gap is becoming harder to ignore. 5 signs your #diningprogram has outgrown its procurement model → babylonmicrofarms.com/5-signs-dini...

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June 10, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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Two people weighing pears in a fruit bin during a backyard harvest. From the cover of Vol. 6 No. 1 (2019): Special Issue: Food procurement in which you will find, “The public plate in the transnational city: Tensions among food procurement, global trade and local legislation.”
March 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Welsh Schools Serving Up to 99% Imported Chicken from Asia and South America #ChickenImports #FoodProcurement #localsourcing
Welsh Schools Serving Up to 99% Imported Chicken from Asia and South America
The Scale of Import RelianceChildren in Merthyr Tydfil schools are eating chicken that has traveled nearly 6,000 miles from Thailand...
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February 4, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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Tennessee's Department of Agriculture is set to unveil a crucial commodity planning worksheet that could reshape how schools manage their food procurement—are you ready for the changes?

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Tennessee Agriculture lays out commodity-planning timeline, urges districts to document missing USDA Foods
Tennessee Department of Agriculture staff told school food-service directors on a department webinar that the commodity planning worksheet will be posted by mid-January and is due March 1. Presenters explained procurement and processing attestations, the entitlement calculation (TMAC lunches × $0.45), and the DOD Fresh produce signup; they asked LE
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November 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM