About the FCC

The Food Chain Centre’s vision is the most efficient UK food chain supported by the most effective flow of information.

Our work is part of the national strategy to improve the competitiveness and profitability of farming, based on the following beliefs:

We must maintain a strong farming and food base in the UK
To do so, the UK food chain must compete, evolve, innovate and be highly focused on the needs of the consumer
Teamwork is better than conflict and everyone can benefit when the chain works together

We are concerned with business improvement within the farming and food sector and have drawn together the different strands of our work into 5 ‘Pathways to Profitability’. On this web-site you will see them under Make/Save Money.

Farm Business Strategy will help develop competitive strategies and measure business performance
Farm Business Clubs share best practice and develop improvement plans based on benchmarking cost of production information
Differentiation contains Market Info to help farmers and food producer identify new opportunities
Production Excellence shows ways to help improve cost, quality and service in processing and the field
Supply chain Collaboration describes ways to map chains and reduce wasteful activity

Within this site you will find a range of practical tools and a growing library of case studies that show how each of the ‘Pathways’ can deliver commercial benefit. We are adding new things regularly, so please come back frequently.

Our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) will answer most queries about our activity.

We hope you will find your time here valuable. Please let us know.

. : Steering Group and Staff

. : Where are we

The full address for the Food Chain Centre is:

Food Chain Centre at IGD
Grange Lane
Letchmore Heath
Herts
WD25 8GD
Tel: 01923 857141
Email: info@foodchaincentre.com

For details on how to get to us, please use the Contact Us link at the bottom of the page.

. : Completion Reports