Matilda Graham's Blog: We have a 5-star food hygiene rating!

For those of you who are frequent visitors to our blog and social media channels, you’ll know Coinadrink do a lot when it comes to enforcing good hygiene standards in the workplace.

We’re proudly ISO 45001 accredited, being one of the first UK companies to have this in place, and have our own, unique procedures that set us apart from the competition. And if that wasn’t quite enough, Coinadrink also boasts a 5-star food hygiene rating!

Obviously, this applies to our well-respected food service. Coinadrink has been feeding workforces across the region for decades, with a wide range of tasty and healthy products found in our innovative fresh food machines.

You don’t need us to tell you about the importance of food hygiene. And as emphasised by our 5-star food hygiene rating, we take it very seriously.

Our 5-star food hygiene rating: explained…

We were awarded the 5-star food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency.

The scheme was designed to provide consumers with vital information on an organisations’ food hygiene standards in order to help them make an informed decision on whether to use them. This includes any service that involves the production, preparation and delivery of food, including suppliers, restaurants, takeaways and fresh food vending machines!

The scheme gives businesses a rating from 5 to 0 which is displayed at their premises and online.

5 – Very good food hygiene standards.
4 – Good food hygiene standards.
3 – Satisfactory food hygiene standards.
2 – Some improvement necessary in food hygiene standards.
1 – Urgent improvement required in food hygiene standards.

Ratings are given by the inspectors when they’re on site. They closely analyse how food is handled, stored, prepared in addition to the cleanliness of facilities. It’s certainly a demanding assessment, to which we were awarded the 5-star food hygiene rating.

Our operators regularly clean, maintain and replenish our customers’ fresh food vending machines on a tailored schedule to suit the requirements of the customer. In addition, we follow HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) when managing the food hygiene and safety procedures in our business and tailor them to suit our strategy.

This helps us remain pro-active with regards to the food hygiene measures we have in place. We identify any potential risks and work hard to eradicate them. This provides our customers with complete peace of mind.

The importance of food services in the workplace.

According to a recent study from ZeroCater, 60% of employees say that having food services in the workplace is one of the top three perks. And over 50% of them said it was ‘extremely important’ that their company provides this specific benefit.

Therefore, fresh food machines are a fantastic option to implement. The convenience of being able to “grab-and-go” without having to leave site is extremely underrated, and healthier options including salads, freshly prepared sandwiches and wraps are available.

If you want to read more about our aforementioned ISO 45001 accreditation for occupational health and safety, you can do so here. Meanwhile, click here for more information on our bespoke hygiene standards in the workplace and what it is that sets us apart from the competition.

Coinadrink Limited is a very supplier you can trust.