The Harbour Healthcare contract will see Dine working with seven care homes within the group, which has been previously managed by its in-house catering operation.
The contract hopes to ensure the standard of food served and improve the dining experience for residents. Dine will oversee the catering provision from food preparation to managing costs.
Zoe Green, business development director, said: “One of the key factors for Harbour Healthcare in choosing to work with Dine Contract Catering in particular was the full package of support we could offer, as well as our innovative Nutrition Pathway System, which allows homes to monitor the nutritional intake of each resident on a daily basis.”
The Nutrition Pathway System flags any nutritional deficiencies so they can be addressed promptly.
Alison Foreman, marketing manager at Harbour Healthcare, said: “It’s very important to us that mealtimes are a real highlight of the day for our residents and Dine Contract Catering shares the same aspirations about making the full dining experience as enjoyable as possible.
“None of us have been as fully immersed in hospitality to the degree the Dine Contract Catering team has and our managers have a level of support they’ve never experienced before. It gives our general managers something less to worry about on top of everything else they have to focus on.”