Food miles, circularity and sustainability.
Guest Post By Praise Zaloumis, Marketing
2025 was a mammoth year for The Menu Partners Brighton. We supplied 1.75 million kilograms of products – that’s 33,000 orders completed, 22,500 deliveries, and 180,000 miles driven by our fleet. The Menu Partners do things differently; we do things right and in ways no one else thinks of.
We pride ourselves on food consolidation, saving food miles, which means food arrives fresher while leaving a smaller impact on the land that grows it.
1 VEHICLE, 9 OFFERINGS
We use state-of-the-art technology to create the perfect conditions for our products retain pristine shape, flavour, colour and scent.
Here’s what you can expect to find in our consolidated food trucks:
Fresh Produce • Dairy • Dry Goods • Bakery • Frozen • Meat • Fish • Prepared Produce • Non-Consumables
FOOD CIRCULARITY
By the end of 2024, we committed to tackling food waste by ensuring our surplus remained minimised, repurposed or redistributed wherever possible.
We began donating food to The Real Junk Food Project who transform our surplus into delicious meals that feed the community. The Real Junk Food Project has 3 pay as you feel cafe dotted across Brighton: Fitzherbert, St Luke’s and Hollingdean Community Centre. Our unavoidable food waste gets converted into biodegradable fuel or compost for farms to be able to use.
Alongside that, The Menu Partners has developed circularity focused recipes with our Head Development Chef, Gavin Sinden.
These efforts have resulted in over 6 tonnes of food waste being diverted to farms and community projects by the end of 2025.
We aim to continue building upon these efforts in 2026.
SUPPORTING LOCAL, ALWAYS
We are constantly working with local growers such as Nutbourne Tomato and vendors like Ben from Spiced Sussex.
But why local? Focusing on local partnerships means backing the excellence coming out of Sussex’s ever-growing food scene.
Local means fewer miles driven and fresher ingredients for our customers.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
From celebrating excellence with Restaurants Brighton and supporting Prept Foundation, we’ve backed the people that keep Sussex hospitality moving forward. This year we are proud to be supporting the BRAVO awards once again. We’ll be sponsoring the Best Sussex Pub category.
We are excited for all the events we have in store in collaboration with Restaurants Brighton. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date! @tmp_brighton
BEHIND THE PASS
In 2025, we interviewed over a dozen chefs across Sussex. Starting with Stephen Crane from Ockenden Manor and concluding with Kanthi Thamma from The Spice Circuit Kitchen.
The challenges, creativity and stories shared from the pass demonstrate the various skills, innovation and sustainability efforts throughout Sussex.
Chefs give our business purpose and keep us moving forward. Our magazine, The Main Course, features collaborations, seasonal produce you won’t find anywhere else and market insights.
Do you have a story you’d like to share? Get in touch with brightonmarketing@the-menu.com to be featured!
WHAT’S NEXT
Through the BRAVOs, The Menu Partners Brighton will attend and promote practical, actionable workshops that Brighton restaurants, cafés, and pubs across Sussex can implement. As a Sussex food supplier committed to lowering food waste, decreasing food miles and emphasising the importance of consolidation, we will be presenting a workshop for venues looking to improve their supply chain.
We will do this via the Sustainability Toolkit, developed in partnership with the University Of Brighton, Restaurants Brighton and Brighton & Hove Food Partnership and. The toolkit focuses on practical steps chefs can recognise:
- Seasonality
- Local produce
- The importance of food miles
- Food waste reduction
Here’s to another year of collaboration, creativity and opportunities!
