“ I like working hard and it is busy. I like working with Paul the driver and going to meetings and the art group. I like cooking and stirring the food.”

Darren, Volunteer

“ I would like to thank you for the delicious buffet food that you provided yesterday. Many people were in raptures about it and it was refreshing to eat some food that was so obviously inspired and miles above the ‘sarnies’ that are usually supplied from other establishments. I shall certainly encourage my colleagues to order from you in future.”

Simon Ambrose, Church and Society Department, Diocese of Manchester, Church of England.

Green matters

Local

Here at Good Mood Food we are very conscious of the provenance of the ingredients that are used. We buy some of our produce from catering connection, a local fruit and vegetable supplier, however we also grow much of our food on our two allotments and have strong links with Hulme Garden Centre and Abundance Manchester all of which is local and grown by organic methods. We also use Suma Wholefood which is a co-op in the North West. All the eggs we use are free-range and we aim to increase the amount of organic produce we use through the Bite partnership.

Our van is refrigerated and we keep all food in the fridge until immediately before it is to be loaded up for delivering.

Fair Trade

We are committed to being an environmentally friendly and pro active organisation and source and sell many fair trade products i.e. tea, coffee and sugar. We also sell fair trade fruit juice and healthy snacks. All the packaging we use is kept to minimum; the plates, napkins, cutlery and cups that we supply are sustainably sourced, recycled, biodegradable or re-usable.

All waste that we produce is also recycled and food waste is composted which we then use on our allotment. We are also in the process of setting up a new composting system that will not only compost vegetable and fruit waste but will also compost cooked foods, dairy produce and meat.