ACCREDITATIONS
Hunt’s Food Group are market leading taking every care possible to ensure high quality products and a reliable service. To reflect Hunt’s dedication, they work to the highest of standards with various accreditations and policies.
LIVING WAGE EMPLOYER
Hunt’s Food Group are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer. Their Real Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at Hunt’s Food Group receive a minimum hourly wage of £12.00. A rate of which is significantly higher than the government minimum for over 23s.
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Hunt’s Food Group have seven depots throughout the South of England and are based in a region where over a fifth of all jobs pay less than the real living wage. Despite the trends in the surrounding areas, Hunt’s Food Group have committed to paying a real living wage for their hard-working team.
LIVING HOURS EMPLOYER
We are happy to announce that Hunt's Food Group is now an accredited Living Hours employer. Being a Living Hours Employer builds upon our living Wage accreditation by focusing on how much time our colleagues need to work to support themselves and their families. We realise that time is just as valuable as money and want to provide our colleagues with a better work-life balance and more secure contracts.
THE BRCGS GLOBAL STANDARD FOR STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION
The BRCGS Global Standard for Storage and Distribution is a leading global scheme recognised internationally as a badge of quality in all parts of the world.
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The objective of the BRCGS Global Standard is to ensure the safety of products is maintained at all times during the manufacturing, storage and distribution of food. At all sites that have certification, we have achieved an A Grade.
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THE BRCGS GLOBAL STANDARD FOR FOOD SAFETY
The BRCGS Global Standard for Food Safety is a leading global scheme recognised internationally as a badge of quality in all parts of the world.
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The objective of the BRCGS Global Standard is to ensure the safety of products is maintained at all times during the manufacturing, storage and distribution of food. At all sites that have certification, we have achieved an A Grade.
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ORGANIC ACCREDITATIONS
The Soil Association is the UK’s leading membership charity campaigning for healthy, humane and sustainable food, farming and land use.
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The Soil Association, its standards and activities, and the practice of organic farmers are all based on a set of internationally recognised principles. These principles are the roots from which organic agriculture grows and develops. They express the contribution that organic agriculture can make to the world and a vision to improve all agriculture in a global context.
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THORNER'S RED TRACTOR ASSOCIATION
The Red Tractor logo is only found on British food and drink products that have been certified to rigorous standards from farms to pack. The logo means that the food you buy has been responsibly sourced, safely produced and comes from crops and animals that have been well cared for – so it’s good for you and good for British farmers.
DISABILITY CONFIDENT COMMITTED EMPLOYER
Hunt’s Food Group is now a Disability Confident committed employer, committing us to take actions to be an inclusive employer. This includes making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process and supporting our existing workforce in enabling them to perform their job role. Current employees are encouraged to disclose any disability to their line manager and engage in a conversation about how Hunt’s can support them. Job applicants are invited to share any disability at application stage to enable adjustments to be made, where required, during the recruitment and onboarding process. Disabilities come in many forms, visible and invisible, physical and mental.
FOOD STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION FEDERATION
Since 1911, the Food Storage and Distribution Federation has been promoting excellence in food logistics, supporting its members with information on all operational and legal issues across the spectrum of temperature controlled distribution.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
Hunt's Food Group is committed to minimising the environmental impact of the company's activities. From management level, the company has developed an ethos of environmental responsibility by monitoring and reducing the environmental impact of the business.
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Respect for the environment is a consideration at every stage of the business process. Hunt’s actively pursue reductions in packaging volumes, product wastage and comply with guidelines on packaging recycling. All possible paper, cardboard and plastic wrap is recycled. Our Sherborne Ammonia refrigerant has an ODP (Ozone Depletion Potential) rating of 0.
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Hunt’s also recognises the impact of its operations and actively minimise with new fleet technology. Telematic technology enables the business to improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions along with Adblue added to the fleet of HGV's to reduce harmful gases being emitted.
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