Social Value | Restaurant Associates

As a business we are dedicated to our impact on stakeholders, focusing on well being, equality and doing the right thing for the planet.

As part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, we strive to create a positive difference for our people and the wider community. Our dedication to social value goes beyond financial metrics and focuses on creating meaningful opportunities for individuals and communities.

We are committed to supporting one million people—both within and beyond our organisation—through our Mission to a Million campaign. Our goal is to transform lives by creating job opportunities, providing education and training and engaging with communities and charities.

By 2030, we want to have supported one million people and created over 5000 apprenticeships. Click here to see our full outline of pledges.

Foodbuy UK&I

We also work with leading procurement organisation, Foodbuy UK&I to optimise supply chains and support the food service industry. This includes working with small and medium enterprises that drive change. They are like any other business, in that they seek to make a profit, but they also choose to reinvest their profits (often more than 50% to drive forward social or environmental missions.

We work with 40+ social enterprise suppliers to turn everyday spend into positive social impact.

Redemption Roasters

Our social enterprise partners include:

Redemption Roasters train prison leavers and people at risk of offending with the skills they need to gain secure and meaningful employment. With a roastery inside HMP The Mount in Hertfordshire they also employ prison residents and teach them practical skills in coffee roasting, production and logistics. These skills build their confidence and improve their self-esteem. They pay above the standard rate for prison employment, with a portion of wages set aside to access upon their release from prison, giving them a headstart when they reintegrate into society.

Change Please

A social enterprise supporting homeless people back into the workplace and helping to get their lives back on track - 100% of its profits provide a living wage, housing, training and job opportunities for those struggling to get shelter.

We have a Change Please Coffee tuk tuk at Unity Place in Milton Keynes.

Cook for Good

Cook for Good is a social enterprise, based on a housing estate in Kings Cross. Established in 2019, it is working to tackle food insecurity, health inequality, social isolation and barriers to work, through a programme which includes free cooking classes, community meals, training and work experience, and a surplus food pantry. The programme is largely funded by the profits from cooking-based teambuilding events, which see corporate groups coming in to cook meals to share with the local community.