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Green Gourmet, a leading food supplier to the education sector, has unveiled a significant strategic technology investment plan aimed at doubling its turnover over the next three years, following more than three years of tech enabled growth across the organisation.
Working alongside long-term technology partner Emerge Digital, since 2022 the company has invested over £1m in technology advancements, which has helped deliver 36m meals to education centres in the last 12 months alone. Over the same period its turnover has grown by more than 10% as the business looks to double its output to more than 1.5m meals a week over the next three years.
Following the creation of Green Gourmet’s Digital Business Strategy, Emerge Digital is now leading on projects including cyber security improvements, achieving Cyber Essentials certification, the introduction of business intelligence tool ‘Power BI’ for more agile data reporting, as well as deploying Microsoft Copilot to every member of its team, supported by on-site training from the tech partner. This builds on previous work completed by Emerge Digital, including a SharePoint restructure in 2024.
Robin Bussey, CFO at Green Gourmet, said: “There is a steep learning curve when it comes to IT strategy, so it was essential we found a technology partner that understands our business model and how we are looking to grow. Our mission is to deliver more meals to education centres across the UK, while keeping our headcount and overheads at a sustainable level. Technology is allowing us to do this and through Emerge Digital, we have been able to put this mission into action.”
Over the last year Green Gourmet has increased its spend on technology from 0.95% to more than 2% of annual turnover. The company is now spending £20k on technology per head, with plans for this to increase alongside its new innovation projects.
The investment also reflects Green Gourmet’s people-led mission. As a certified B Corp, the company is committed to ensuring its digital infrastructure supports its sustainability goals, including energy-efficient hardware and responsible vendor selection. Robin added: “We have committed to work to a triple bottom line principle where we consider people, profit, and planet in every decision that we make.”
Tom Henson, Managing Director at Emerge Digital, said: “From automation to cyber protection, everything we’ve implemented has had a clear purpose; to remove friction, empower staff, and help Green Gourmet scale efficiently. We are living in an era of AI-driven growth, and for companies slow off the mark to start their innovation journey it can be easy to fall behind. Green Gourmet is a company that understands the benefits of being innovative and is using tech to drive growth across the business.”
The company’s goal is to double revenue by 2028 through technology implementations. The contract with Emerge Digital will include critical projects including the implementation of Green Gourmet’s Data Strategy, which will enable automation, integration and AI; empowering decision making across the business.
Robin added: “We’re growing, but our values haven’t changed. We still believe in being fun, agile, and ensuring we can deliver sector-leading services and high-quality meals to students across the UK.”
