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This toolkit helps both those who buy food and catering services for the public sector and potential suppliers.
A one-off report about household food and drink waste linked to food and drink purchases.
Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for food and catering services
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Annual statistics about food and drink purchases in the UK.
Detailed annual statistics on family food and drink purchases.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Consumers' attitudes and behaviours around sustainable food purchasing in the UK.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
This paper uses Maputo as a case study
A new agreement for procuring food and drink has been announced by the Crown Commercial Service.
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