Public catering & procurement
Canteens, schools, daycare and public bodies: quality standards, organic share, tendering and market engagement.
Articles
DGE Quality Standards: Germany’s Benchmark for Canteen, School and Daycare Food
What Germany’s DGE quality standards cover for daycare, schools, workplaces, hospitals and care homes, current editions and how the DGE-VerpflegungsCheck works.
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Market Engagement Before a Catering Tender in Germany: Process, Limits and Key Questions
Market consultation under Section 28 VgV before a German catering tender: formats, supplier dialogue, lots, sustainability questions and common mistakes.
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Organic food in canteens: the Bio-AHVV regulation, the gold, silver and bronze logo and how to switch
What Germany's Bio-AHVV means for canteens and caterers, how the organic share for the gold, silver or bronze logo is calculated and how to switch.
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Public Catering Tenders in Germany: Procurement Law, Thresholds and Sustainable Criteria
How German public bodies tender catering: GWB, VgV and UVgO, the €750,000 threshold for catering, specifications, reusable containers and green award criteria.
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School and Daycare Catering in Germany: Systems, Quality, Organic Food and Costs
How school and daycare meals work in Germany: cook and serve, hot delivery, cook and chill, DGE standards, organic food, meal costs and state advisory networks.
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Sustainable institutional catering in Germany: canteens, schools, daycare, hospitals and public administration
How canteens, schools, daycare, hospitals and public bodies in Germany make catering more sustainable: key levers, players, rules, metrics and a roadmap.
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Running a Sustainable Workplace Canteen in Germany: Operating Models, Menus, Vending Machines and KPIs
Make a German staff canteen sustainable: in-house or caterer, DGE menu rules, organic share, food waste tracking, efficient vending machines and key metrics.
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