Food Alert strengthens consultancy services with acquisition

Food Alert's parent company, The Citation Group, has announced its acquisition of SureFoot Solutions, further strengthening its food hygiene and health & safety consultancy services. 

Founded in 2006, SureFoot Solutions has built a reputation for supporting hospitality businesses – including The Real Greek, Creams, Everyman Cinemas, St. Austell, Honest Burgers and Franco Manca – with food safety and health & safety compliance services and software. 

Having successfully integrated both STS and NT Assure, this stands as the group's third key acquisition for its Food Alert compliance business in the last 18 months. The company hopes to continue growing and improving its offering within the food and hospitality industry. 

SureFoot Solutions' nationwide network of consultants and support staff will transfer to FoodAlert, reinforcing the UK-wide team. 

Food Alert's managing director, David Bashford, says: "The SureFoot team is well respected within the sector, its client base says it all, and the team shares our commitment to delivering a customer-first service, so this feels like the perfect fit.

"Managing standards of food hygiene and health & safety is vital for every hospitality business and I look forward to working with our new colleagues and clients to strengthen our existing customer offer."

SureFood Solutions' managijng director, Frances Tucker, adds: "I am incredibly proud of the achievements SureFoot Solutions has made over the past 16 years, and I am excited by this next step in our journey. Food Alert has been setting the standards of hospitality compliance for more than 30 years and this move is a positive development for both businesses, our team and clients as we continue to provide industry leading products and services across the sector."

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