Buying guides

Setting up or restocking a business? These guides list what a typical café, restaurant, takeaway, school, council or leisure centre orders, and link to the products. Not sure what you need? Ask us.

• What does a typical café order?
  A checklist of what a café needs: coffee cups, lids and sleeves, bagasse and kraft boxes, salad containers, paper bags, serviettes, cutlery and cleaning supplies.
• What does a typical restaurant order?
  What a restaurant orders for dine-in, takeaway and delivery: food containers, bowls, sauce pots, bags, cutlery, serviettes, foil, gloves and cleaning rolls.
• What does a typical takeaway order?
  What takeaways buy by type of food: pizza boxes, chicken boxes, fish and chip boxes, burger wraps, kraft and bagasse boxes, sauce pots, bags and cutlery.
• What does a school typically order?
  The catering and washroom disposables schools buy: food containers, cutlery, cups, serviettes, hand towels, toilet rolls, blue rolls, gloves and bin bags.
• What do councils and government buildings typically order?
  Supplies for councils, town halls, offices and public buildings: washroom supplies, cleaning rolls, bin bags, cups, cutlery and catering disposables.
• What does a typical leisure centre order?
  What leisure centres and sports clubs buy: café and kiosk packaging, cups and lids, containers, cutlery, serviettes, hand towels, toilet rolls and bin bags.